Life

Bishops fight to scrap cap on faith-based admissions to Catholic schools

senior bishops have added their weight to a campaign to scrap a notorious cap on faith-based admissions to new catholic schools. in 2010 the...

We need to do more to educate young Catholics in the Faith

i have just returned from lourdes where we (representatives of the brentwood diocese) joined the annual diocesan pilgrimage along with sever...

US Catholic couple sues after being blocked from adopting children due to religious beliefs

new york – a massachusetts catholic couple has sued the state, alleging that they were blocked from adopting children through the state’s fo...

Chaldean Patriarch says withdrawal of recognition of his role is climax of campaign to seize Church's assets

the leader of iraq’s largest christian community has condemned a presidential order overturning a decree which recognises him as patriarch, ...

Olenka Hamilton

Notebook from Lisbon: Dutch courage at World Youth Day

lisbon - the organisers of the world youth day (wyd) events are proud of the unparalleled internationality of their participants. however, t...

Life without crises is barely life at all, Pope Francis tells young people

lisbon –pope francis has met with young people involved in an organisation he established personally in buenos aires, encouraging them to ac...

Elise Ann Allen

Clerical eco-activists and taking God's name in vain

it is not easy to watch pictures of an elderly protestant clergywoman, sporting her dog collar, being arrested for breaching the peace as sh...

Painted Love in Bath, Somerset

the marriage portraits at an exhibition in bath not only capture a likeness, but contain much symbolism, says katherine cole . walk through ...

Gwen John gives room for reflection

gwen john comes into her own at this excellent show at pallant house, finds gertrude clark . gwen john is invariably – and inevitably – desc...

Gertrude Clarke

The right not to say what you don’t believe

the supreme court’s ruling is pro-freedom of speech, not anti-gay. in late june, before adjourning until the next october term, the supreme ...