Life

Letter from the Caucasus: Why the fate of Catholics in Armenia and Georgia matters

by michael j.l. la civita last week i returned from the caucasus, armenia and georgia specifically, after a two-week needs assessment visit ...
Michael J. La Civita

Laypeople will need to step up if the Irish church declines any further

what are we to make of the condition of the irish clergy as seen in an analysis by the association of catholic priests in their annual meeti...
Gertrude Clarke

The virtuous origins of Oktoberfest

today oktoberfest is a raucous, if convivial, affair of which few know the origins, but it was born of the love of a righteous king for his ...
Karl Gustel Warnberg

On discipleship

october is not an especially exciting month liturgically: we have an uninterrupted run of ordinary sundays, with readings from chapters 17 t...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

"Darling" by India Knight

nancy mitford fans never have to wait too long before a new offering or interpretation comes along. the last few years have seen the 2021 bb...
Violet Hudson

Why the Seal of Confession cannot be compromised

the suggestion by iicsa that the seal of confession is violable misunderstands its essence, writes fr richard whinder the independent inquir...
The Catholic Herald

Finding truthful witness in fictional saints

the saints from the great novels can help us grow in our faith, writes ken craycraft one of my daughters, margaret, recently finished sigrid...
Ken Craycraft

St John Paul II: a man for our times

on his feast day, we must invoke the aid of john paul ii for our church a nd our country, writes joanna bogle he was brought up by a single ...
Joanna Bogle

Irish sex education plan to push gender ideology in Catholic schools

the irish department of education has just closed a consultation period for the revamping of its relationship and sexuality education (rse) ...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

New laws to ban prayer outside abortion clinics are disproportionate and farcical

is it only catholics who care about the unborn? asks gavin ashenden one of the more horrific parts of catholic history in these islands was ...
Gavin Ashenden