Soul

Reading through the Lenten desert

graham greene’s novel, the heart of the matter, begins with an aphorism from charles péguy: “le pécheur est au coeur même chrétienté.... nul...

To follow thee more nearly: being drawn in to the road to Our Lord’s Crucifixion

during lent many of us will pray the 14 stations of the cross, especially on good friday. they are a popular devotion taking us from pontius...

Patrick van der Vorst

Pope ends impasse over Order of Malta

pope francis has directly intervened to end an impasse between the vatican and the sovereign military order of malta over controversial refo...

Pope pleads for Church to dedicate Ash Wednesday as day of fasting and prayer for peace in Ukraine

pope francis has renewed his appeal for the entire catholic church to dedicate ash wednesday as a day of prayer and fasting for peace in ukr...

Diary: I am glad to hold a "synodal process"

there can’t have been many clergy filled with unrestrained enthusiasm and christian joy when told of the requirement to hold a “synodal proc...

Fr Mark Vickers

On Pilgrimage with Sir Bill Cash

where would you go?  i would go to much wenlock and wenlock abbey because it is the site of saint milburga, who was an eighth-century a...

The Catholic Herald

Too much to Handel

what’s the difference between oratorio and opera?” is a tricky question. for the most part, oratorios are spiritual, reflective works perfor...

Diary: The season of grief is marked by hope, says Sarah Sands

since october, my father has been unwell in a nursing home and my mother has been keeping him company there. we said that we would see how t...

Finding the key to an interior life

there cannot be many issues which preoccupy christian parents more than how to keep their children engaged with the faith. this is hardly a ...

Francis Bacon: the body and blood

the royal academy has been transformed for francis bacon: man and beast. there are no more cheerful cascades of summer exhibition paintings;...

Lucien de Guise