Life

National Shrine of Mother Seton celebrates 50th anniversary of first American saint

the national shrine of saint elizabeth ann seton today begins a year-long national celebration during 2025 of the 50th anniversary of the sa...
The Catholic Herald

H G Wells: A fascinating mix and still a big deal

the young hg wells: changing the world by claire tomalin   viking, £20, 272 pages  it’s hard to get a sense, 100 and more years on...
Sam Leith

Let us praise God for putting beauty into sadness

when i was 14 i decided never to hurdle again after falling flat on my face at the county games and moving from first to last place wit...
Katherine Bennett

Pandemic forces Pope Francis to cancel annual baptism ceremony in Sistine Chapel

vatican city, jan 5, 2021 / 05:10 am mt (cna).- pope francis will not baptize babies in the sistine chapel this sunday due to the coronaviru...
CNA Staff

Discovering the Gothic foundations of Faith

i can’t quite put my finger on it. when  was  the moment i was converted? was it after a friend, whose virtues stood as a witness ...
Tom Colsy

SNP elects leader committed to legalising abortion up to birth

scottish nationalists have selected a politician committed to legalising abortion up to birth as the leader of the country’s governing party...
Simon Caldwell

Cardinal Fernández prepares document on gender ideology

the vatican is preparing a document on the ideology of gender, the prefect of the dicastery for the doctrine of the faith has said. cardinal...
Simon Caldwell

Pamfir: A moral tale for our times

julia hamilton is gripped by ukrainian crime thriller pamfir. this stunning film is the feature-length debut of ukrainian director dmytro su...
Julia Hamilton

Normal for Norfolk?: Churches, bike rides, Communion, and skateboards

struggling to settle, a skateboarding sister and first communions. why are you here? the question i am asked so frequently is posed not with...
Flora Watkins

Dickensian levels of poverty still exist today

there are few, if any, authors more firmly associated with christmas than charles dickens. he may not have been, as the movie suggests, the ...
Roy Peachey