Life

Pakistan's Christian community in shock after man shot dead

pakistan’s christian community is in shock over the death of a christian who was shot following six months of persecution.  suleman mas...
John Newton

Priestly vocations surge in Burkina Faso amid rising attacks by jihadists

vocations at one of burkina faso’s main seminaries increased by more than 10 per cent in the past five years – in spite of frequent attacks ...
Amy Balog

The quiet work of liberating trafficked women from slavery

cardinal vincent nichols turns deeply earnest as he leans forward from his armchair to recalls an early encounter with human trafficking. “t...
Simon Caldwell

Trite Christmas: back to the future with the corny playlists of our youth

”strange how potent cheap music is,” muses amanda in noël coward’s private lives . how perfectly this encapsulates the way i feel the first ...
Flora Watkins

Rachel weeping for her children: the truth, power and lesson of the Holy Innocents

then herod, seeing that he had been made fun of by the magi, was very angry indeed. and he sent and destroyed all the male children who were...
Fr Nicholas King SJ

The joyous challenge of Christmas is to see each person we meet as a small child of God

when he brings the first-born into the world, he says, 'let all god's angels worship him .' (hebrews 1:6)  the reading from the letter ...
Fr David Howell

Christmas comes with all its joys and sorrows, and its unwavering promise of hope

christmas afternoon at last; finally a lull in proceedings in which to share a quiet moment with our readers. the holy father has delivered ...
Serenhedd James

The Christian message in 'Red One'

red one is this year’s family christmas blockbuster in which santa is "kidnapped" and must be rescued (by a tracker from the naughty list) i...
Katherine Bennett

Casual sex and other pathways to diabolical possession

the exorcist files: true stories about the reality of evil and how to defeat it by fr carlos martins hodder and stoughton, £18 “people ask m...
Simon Caldwell

Colin Farrell on fatherhood, sober spirituality and his new foundation for special-needs families

for many years, christmas day for colin farrell meant a trip to hospital. not for health reasons – the actor would visit to give out toys to...
Gabrielle Donnelly