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Heart speaks to heart: Benedict XVI's theological debt to Newman

by his own admission, the high point of the papacy of pope benedict xvi was his beatification of st john henry newman in cofton park, birmin...

Pope turns to female theologians for advice on women’s roles in Church

rome – after completing a massive overhaul of the roman curia in 2022, pope francis has turned his attention to the topic of women as part o...

Gathering up the fragments: responses to faith and leftovers

at the feeding of the five thousand, jesus miraculously transformed five loaves and two fish into so much food that – even after the huge cr...

Dr Eleanor Barnett

The Coptic Martyrs

pope francis’s recognition of the 21 killed by daesh as martyrs is a welcome theological and ecumenical development says hugh somerville kna...

Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman

Comedy and the Christian Faith: Appreciating Jesus’s humour gives us a new perspective

one day long ago, in the 1970s, i remember listening to the fusty old lord chancellor, lord hailsham, on radio 4. years later i read a novel...

Why we need to turn to Eucharistic Adoration to find hope

when pope francis announced the jubilee for 2025,  he  said “we must fan the flame of hope that has been given us.” he explai...

Archbishop John Wilson

Samurai Takayama: should he become Japan's first samurai saint, or was he more sinner?

the mysterious vetting process takes at least five years and is one of the catholic church's best kept secrets. but, somewhere in the vatica...

On Pilgrimage With: Anita Boniface, writer and chaplaincy volunteer

where would you go? a place i’d like to revisit on pilgrimage is aylesford priory in kent. i often went there as a child and young adult wit...

The Catholic Herald

Christian podcasts are surging in popularity – 2025 could prove their breakout year

the christian podcast scene is having a moment. in 2024, it became increasingly clear that more mainstream podcasts either had openly christ...

Thomas Casemore

The unshakable Catholic Faith of Ethel Kennedy – through all of it

“introspection, i hate it,” was the watchword of ethel kennedy, the widow of robert f.  kennedy, who spent her life looking forward and...