Life

The problem with the 'new allegations' against St John Paul II

as a child in poland in the 1950s, my mother lived squeezed into a single room in the centre of krakow, with her father, brother, aunt, uncl...

Olenka Hamilton

The 'right to sex' was a step too far for the Supreme Court, but they still have questions to answer

legal decisions don’t normally make for exciting reading, but can tell you a great deal about what happens when legislators a...

Prof Andrew Tettenborn

Failure to find bodies ends Canada's inquiry into mass burials at Church-run schools

the canadian government has halted an inquiry into claims of mass burials of children at former church-run residential schools – after not o...

Body Integrity Dysphoria (BID): What it is and why Catholics need be aware of it

the bbc headline read “‘eunuch-maker’ mutilator jailed for 22 years” – it was enough to grab anyone’s attention. the article spoke of a dege...

Thomas Casemore

There is a wealth of peaceful, prayerful heritage in the old churches across our land

within a day’s hike from my house in a quiet corner of kent, there are at least four ruined or abandoned chapels. my father, a retired angli...

Tuning in to science and faith

over this past year, i’ve been involved in producing a series of science and faith programmes for radio maria england. radio maria england i...

Fr Robert Verrill OP

Eamon Duffy: My favourite book of the Bible is Genesis

irish historian eamon duffy on the ‘paradoxical power’ and gripping family drama of the book of genesis. having to nominate one favourite bi...

Police escort again needed at Manchester University to protect pro-life speaker from screaming pro-abortion mob

a screaming pro-abortion mob forced local police to intervene at the university of manchester to provide an escort to a pro-life speaker, wh...

Concerns mount for six Sisters kidnapped in Haiti

it has been confirmed that six religious sisters were kidnapped by armed assailants in haiti on 19 january. the abduction took place in...

The Catholic Herald

'This fragile little Church': life among the Hebrew-speaking Catholics of Jerusalem

so often when our eyes turn to the middle east it is because of tragedy. the events of 7 october and the ongoing crisis in gaza have grabbed...