Life

The Paschal mystery continues at the Ascension and Pentecost

in the “farewell discourse” of st john’s gospel, chapters 14-16, christ prepares his disciples for his departure. in fact there is some deli...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Christian teacher who 'misgendered' pupil banned from profession

a government agency has banned a christian mathematics teacher from his profession indefinitely after he “misgendered” a pupil in the classr...
Simon Caldwell

Why the Book of Samuel is my favourite in the Bible, by Andrew Roberts

‘there was a certain man from ramathaim, a zuphite from the hill country of ephraim, whose name was elkanah son of jeroham, the son of ...
Andrew Roberts

Obituary: The Dowager Countess of Swinton, 1935-2023

parliamentarian, paralympian and campaigner. better known through her parliamentary work as baroness masham of  ilton, the dowager coun...
The Catholic Herald

Christians in Pakistan suffer plight

‘if we showed our faces in public, we could easily be targeted, lynched even. we can’t stay in one location. we have to keep on the move for...
John Pontifex

NatCon 2023 revealed a hunger for the real and a rejection of the illusory

i hadn’t realised until very recently how difficult it was to avoid stepping in time to the benny hill theme tune.  the task was thrust...
Katherine Bennett

Pope Benedict predicted gender ideology would be final rebellion against God

pope benedict xvi predicted that gender ideology would be the next great challenge to the church and the final rebellion against god, a us m...
Simon Caldwell

Persecution of Catholic-owned Calvary Hospital is radical call to arms for Australian Catholics

last week, the australian capital territory’s overlords announced their plan to strip calvary hospital – an establishment of the sisters of ...
Cronan Yu

Bolivian bishop calls for 'optional' priestly celibacy following clerical pederasty scandal

a south american bishop has called for “optional celibacy” for priests in the wake of revelations that a gay jesuit missionary sexually abus...
Simon Caldwell

It's a lonely world without God

pastoral care for loneliness:  a new apostolate matthew fforde gracewing, £9.99, 96 pages this book is the new english edition of matth...
Kate Calderwood