Soul

it was thursday 18 august, 2005, and we were on the banks of the rhine in cologne. hand in hand, my friend and i had run, squealing, back an...

Margaret Nicholson

catherine pepinster hodder and stoughton, £25, 352 pages on october 11, 1521 leo x con- ferred the title fidei defensor on henry viii for hi...

William Davage

my father and i have a long-running minor disagreement about which is the worst month. for me, it’s january. you’re back to work after chris...

Niall Gooch

as the latest pew research census has shown that the catholic church is haemorrhaging people to pentecostalism in south america, it has to p...

Gavin Ashenden

on the solemnity of mary, mother of god, mother winsome sbvm reflects on the ups and downs of the community life that she has led since she ...

Mother Winsome

in 2008 i returned to ireland after five years working around the world on international humanitarian programmes – in afghanistan, north kor...

Dualta Roughneen

alex dimminger (kneeling, in orange) was the youth delegate for the diocese of east anglia during benedict xvi’s visit to the united kingdom...

Alex Dimminger

the archbishop of westminster, cardinal vincent nichols, has issued the following statement on the death of pope emeritus benedict xvi. "i a...

The Catholic Herald

ben stephens reflects on the life, death, and afterlife of thomas becket, who rose to be henry ii’s lord chancellor and archbishop of canter...

Ben Stephens

gavin ashenden’s recent post in respect of the king’s christmas message 2022 asks whether the king has sowed the destruction of the house of...

Mark Jenkins