Soul

when henry viii decided to solve his dynastic succession problem by sacking the pope, he had to put aside the somewhat inconvenien...

Gavin Ashenden

a recent survey showed that about half of the population in england had no religious faith at all. even many of those who claimed to be chri...

anenglishlayman

unlike many who visit athos, my trip was not planned months or years in advance, but instead came about when a friend invited me to join him...

Will Edwards

yaoundè, cameroon — a leading catholic research entity in africa has welcomed the call by a british catholic politician for urgent action to...

Ngala Chimton / Crux

last year 132 priests and religious were arrested, abducted or killed globally, according to latest research. belarus, china, nicaragua and ...

The Catholic Herald

the new year in the uk began with a scandal that has been described as the “worst’ or “most widespread” miscarriage of justice in british hi...

Tom Colsy

there are many angles from which to analyse clerical celibacy today and the suggestions by some that it's high time to end the practice. i w...

Fr David Howell

in the bottom-left corner of the cathedral's nave an old priest sat on a wooden chair with a shawl wrapped around his shoulders against the ...

James Jeffrey

last summer, in a packed church on a small island in brittany, the local mayor presented an englishman with the medal of groix, its name tak...

Thomas Edwards

each year, we begin advent singing the introit for its first sunday: ad te levavi . it sets a verse from psalm 24: “to you have i lifted up ...

Bishop Erik Varden