Life

Hervé’s Way: The story of a one-legged pilgrim

it’s early in the morning. the clouds are low, there’s a chill in the air, the birds are singing. i’m walking out of the tuscan town of sarz...

Tales of Walsingham: a pilgrim reflects on journeying to England's 'Nazareth'

whan that aprille with his shoures soote, the droghte of march hath perced to the roote… thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages . ( when&...

Challenging liberal Christianity: Jesus gave very clear warnings about losing ‘saltiness’

christians are supposed to be unpopular. they are supposed to be out of touch with contemporary society (whether that means first-century pa...

Canadian archbishop fights for right of church hospice to refuse euthanasia

no-one ever slides up a slippery slope. they only ever go down. euthanasia invariably involves a descent that is not so much like skidding t...

Interview: Former Catholic Union chairman becomes Lord Mayor of Westminster

councillor robert rigby was elected the new right worshipful lord mayor of westminster following a vote at full council on may 15 th . a pra...

The Catholic Herald

Why are some people so intolerant about children at Mass?

i have just stomped in from an otherwise lovely day celebrating our eldest child reaching double figures. children being rather more sophist...

Hundreds gather in Parliament Square to protest against ‘abortion up to birth’ as vote looms

multiple advocacy groups, charities and christians gathered opposite the houses of parliament in london today to protest what could be the m...

A disturbing amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill is a clear threat to the Seal of Confession

parliamentarians can sometimes need watching carefully. the criminal justice bill, where debate is due to start today, is a case in point. w...

Prof Andrew Tettenborn

US commission condemns UK silent prayer arrest in abortion clinic 'buffer zones'

a united states federal government commission has criticised the arrest of a woman for praying silently outside an abortion clinic in the uk...

The Catholic Herald

Christians in Mozambique praying for peace as attacks grow 'more severe'

yaoundé, cameroon – violence has escalated in recent days in cabo delgado in mozambique, with the director of the denis hurley peace institu...

Ngala Chimton / Crux