Travel & Pilgrimage

Listening to whom? Time to hear from those affected by easily-abused anti-blasphemy laws

rome – in just a little over a month, the curtain will rise on a keenly anticipated synod of bishops on synodality in rome. though notorious...

We need to do more to educate young Catholics in the Faith

i have just returned from lourdes where we (representatives of the brentwood diocese) joined the annual diocesan pilgrimage along with sever...

Lisbon notebook: Pilgrims in the park

saturday 5th august parque tejo trancão, lisbon – from around 4pm the transition from bustling racket to eerie stillness on the streets of l...

A deeply-loved bon viveur and deathbed convert: Augustin Hochschild, 1965-2023

it was friday march 17, and the portuguese mountain rain had been falling from the heavens all morning on our 60-mile walking pilgrimage to ...

Our Lady of Alltötting: A shrine where Mary helped

melanie mcdonagh follows pope benedict xvi  to the feet of our lady of altötting. to begin with, i didn’t think i was going to lik...

Melanie McDonagh

Raw, unadulterated walking

a simple joy and peace comes from walking, whether alone or with someone close, says julian kwasniewski. walking with the sun on your back; ...

Julian Kwasniewski

En Vacances en Normandie

the region has a wealth of former monastic buildings, some in ruins but some whose churches still survive. the history of the duchy of norm-...

The Miracle Club: reviewed by Julia Hamilton

julia hamilton finds this film set in 1960s ireland baffling and dissatisfying. reconciliation is a tough gig, is the message of the miracle...

South of the River at Southwark Cathedral

did you know that the cathedral of the archbishop of southwark, who has jurisdiction over the part of greater london which lies south of the...

Serenhedd James

What World Youth Day means to Australians

this week, many hundreds of thousands of young people have gathered in lisbon, portugal for world youth day. some 3,000 australians are amon...