Pope Francis

the closure of a pilgrimage centre at a marian shrine in scotland is a sad but seemingly inevitable sign of the times. more than 5,000 peopl...

Simon Caldwell

the protracted crisis in the us diocese of buffalo has piqued rome’s interest, as many of buffalo’s 727,000 catholics have lost confidence i...

Christopher R. Altieri

how st bernard speaks to our time at charlotte was both, amy welborn wrote about st bernard of clairvaux’s de consideratione, a set of lette...

Staff writers

what happened? the dispute over the fate of the john paul ii institute has escalated, after 49 scholars objected to the changes. the institu...

Staff writers

the pope’s army by john carr pen and sword military, 320pp, £25/$39.95 it remains a paradox, some might say a scandalous paradox, that the c...

Piers Paul Read

the best of both worlds sir – i am not young, but i am new in the catholic church. consequently, unlike francis beswick (letters, augus...

The Catholic Herald

given the size of texas – it’s the second largest us state, and three times the size of the uk – opportunities abound for finding hidden tre...

James Jeffrey

as a high church anglican who climbed fairly high up the candlestick, i developed a great appreciation for the ancient church at prayer. it ...

Fr Michael Rennier

in a recent interview granted to la stampa, pope francis spoke about the synod for the amazon, which will take place in october. the synod’s...

Fr Raymond de Souza

minneapolis knights of columbus volunteered for 76m hours the knights of columbus volunteered for 76 million hours and gave $185 million in ...

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