Soul

Lost your bottle? Turn to Mary

last saturday, i found myself – not for the first time and definitely not for the last – at a hen party. the minute you turn 30, hen parties...
Constance Watson

Diary: Finding the right church in the Big Apple

i had never lived in new york city before i moved to manhattan in 2018. it was daunting to come as a fully formed adult with a 14-year-old c...
Janine di Giovanni

Syon: an English Eden

when the brigittine nuns and priests of syon abbey received their copies of the orcharde of syon in 1519, their world on the bank of the riv...
Jane Whitaker

'I've never been so sad in my life': Bishops cancel scores of confirmations amid Vatican crackdown on Old Rite

the english bishops have cancelled scores of old rite confirmations following the latest wave of restrictions from rome against traditional ...
Simon Caldwell

Not taking a shine to Catholicism

closing soon in paris is the most recent rendezvous for the west’s occasional romance with the islamic world. ‘cartier and islamic art: in s...
Lucien de Guise

Downside monks to leave historic abbey after two centuries in 'stepping stone' move to Buckfast

benedictine monks are to move out of historic downside abbey as they search for a new home for the community. the last eight monks will lodg...
Simon Caldwell

Catholic parish asks faithful not to attend Mass unless they have Covid vaccine

a parish in nottingham has asked catholics not to attend mass if they are “not vaccinated and/or won’t wear a mask.” the parish of the holy ...
Luke Coppen CNA

Have children instead of pets, Pope advises Catholic couples

pope francis has said that it is a civilizational loss when dogs and cats replace children in society, encouraging couples to “take the risk...
Courtney Mares

Dickens has been proved wrong about the festive season

if charles dickens had combined his own capacity for overwrought emotional fantasy with h.g. wells’s talent for speculative fiction,  a...
Nick Thomas

Look to St Joseph as a model of true courage, says Pope

st joseph, who protected his family from the persecution of king herod, teaches us how to respond to our difficulties with courage and to tr...
Hannah Brockhaus