Newsroom

prosecutors have dismissed charges against a catholic woman arrested for praying silently outside a closed abortion facility. isabel vaughan...

Simon Caldwell

it’s hard to write about the pianist stephen hough, now elevated to the status of sir stephen, without listing his extensive claims to fame ...

Michael White

as it is often noted, christmas seems to begin earlier and earlier every year: certain newspapers can be almost guaranteed to have a letter ...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

the house of lords has backed the national roll out of buffer zones around abortion clinics in a move which could turn private and silent pr...

Simon Caldwell

the week of prayer for christian unity can be, for many, one of the most depressing weeks of the year; so much aspiration deflated by so lit...

Gavin Ashenden

there is an episode of  friends  where single girl phoebe struggles with the fact that the guy she is dating won’t sleep with her....

Katherine Bennett

english-speakers call it "the epiphany", but the germans say heilige drei könige : the three holy kings. and yet st matthew doesn’t tell us ...

Mgr Andrew Burnham

the question came in a deceptively simple guise: “what is your favourite scriptural text?” normally the answer would be: “the one i am worki...

Fr Nicholas King SJ

we are back to year a in the lectionary, which means that for most of the year we shall be reading from st matthew’s gospel on sundays. the ...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

preparation is crucial to celebrating christmas well. but so often the kind of preparation most people mean only really adds pressure, and p...

Albert Robertson OP