Travel & Pilgrimage

Exorcism, Psychology and Belief in God

deciding between jung and christ on the problem of evil. films about exorcism often catch the public’s fertile imagination. the recent film ...

'Her voice did not break': Carlo Acutis' mother packs out London's churches

the cause for the canonisation of carlo acutis, an italian 15 year old who died in 2006, has been bolstered by the accounts of healings and ...

Melanie McDonagh

Rescuing a forgotten Seneca

nick ripatrazone applauds a new translation and presentation of the roman writer seneca’s play the madness of hercules. dana gioia, the nota...

Nick Ripatrazone

The Order of Malta faces the future

simon caldwell meets the ruffled order’s new grand hospitaller keen to build on its legacy. in june last year, pope francis seized control o...

‘Remember, God is communion’: A day in the life of a seminarian in Rome

at 5am, my alarm hauls me into another day in the eternal city. an icon on my bedroom wall of christ pantocrator comes into focus. it’s a be...

The recognisably Catholic costumes and rites at the Coronation

so: the coronation. not quite everything that one might have liked in an ideal world – obviously not nearly enough ermine – but certainly no...

Serenhedd James

Thousands travel to see 'incorrupt' remains of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster

thousands of pilgrims have travelled to see the “incorrupt” remains of the body of sister wilhelmina lancaster, which were yesterday pl...

Why the Book of Samuel is my favourite in the Bible, by Andrew Roberts

‘there was a certain man from ramathaim, a zuphite from the hill country of ephraim, whose name was elkanah son of jeroham, the son of ...

NatCon 2023 revealed a hunger for the real and a rejection of the illusory

i hadn’t realised until very recently how difficult it was to avoid stepping in time to the benny hill theme tune.  the task was thrust...

Katherine Bennett

The Francigena Britannica: Walking the pilgrim path

brian mooney early spring, as chaucer tells us, is the start of the pilgrimage season. thanks to an account left by archbishop of canterbury...