Soul

Irish-Americans head back to ‘the old sod’

fr michael collins sees pilgrimages to ireland of the descendants of potato famine emigrants. the view from galway out to sea is always...

Father Michael Collins

How a 19th century dancer became an architectural patroness extraordinaire and giant in English Catholic history

from good time girl to benefactress. yolande lyne stephens was born in paris in 1812, the daughter of jean-louis duvernay, a teacher of danc...

Crucifix of priest executed after Gunpowder Plot now on display in UK convent

leicester, united kingdom – a crucifix that once belonged to a priest executed after england’s notorious gunpowder plot is currently on disp...

Charles Collins

The Holy Land: Statement of the Patriarchs

the holy land, a place sacred to countless millions around the world, is currently mired in violence and suffering due to the prolonged poli...

The Catholic Herald

Pope urges permanent media blackout at Synod, saying gossip is 'anti-Holy Spirit'

rome – pope francis opened his synod on synodality by urging members to abstain from speaking to journalists in order to maintain what he sa...

The makings of a 'CarMelkite': How life as a Carmelite nun helped me better savour Eastern Catholic liturgies

in a world where distractions are ever-present and self-aggrandisement is mistaken as confidence, there comes a time in everyone’s life duri...

A screenplay about the life of Fr John Gerard: a positively countercultural project

mark batey introduces his screenplay about the life of fr john gerard. cancel culture, thought police, identity politics. these may sound li...

Synodal secrecy: is Pope Francis relying on murmuring, rather than megaphones?

rome – in the annals of church affairs, some synods are sufficiently famous – or, as the case may be, infamous – as to merit their own infor...

Clash of the Prefects: An Olympian struggle between two opposed theological visions

clash of the titans is a nearly 50-year-old fantasy action film based on ancient greek mythology. since 2013, quite a few catholics have rep...

'Distressing': no more Traditional Masses at High Altar of Westminster Cathedral

the latin mass society has been informed that the traditional latin mass may no longer be celebrated at the high altar of westminster cathed...