Travel & Pilgrimage

Christian unity, Catholic incoherence and Pell’s remedy

the week of prayer for christian unity can be, for many, one of the most depressing weeks of the year; so much aspiration deflated by so lit...
Gavin Ashenden

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas: A Prayer to the Three Kings

the end of the christmas octave brings us to epiphany eve: so end our special twelve-days features, which we hope you have enjoyed. for all ...
Evelyn Waugh

The Harpole Treasure gives us a glimpse into Anglo-Saxon England’s great women of faith

archaeologists excavating ahead of a housing development at harpole, near northampton, have discovered an astonishing 7th-century burial. ac...
Francis Young

What the Book of Jonah teaches us about God’s compassion

the question came in a deceptively simple guise: “what is your favourite scriptural text?” normally the answer would be: “the one i am worki...
Fr Nicholas King SJ

Quarr Abbey monk on the meaning of identity

since time immemorial, pilgrims have been travelling to islands to meet holy men and women, and so it was that i found myself heading for qu...
Mark Jenkins

The many parallels between the boxing ring and the spiritual life

martial arts, boxing and the catholic faith seem unlikely bedfellows. once again british heavyweight tyson “gypsy king” fury has retained hi...
Karl Gustel Warnberg

Our Lady and the Holy Spirit

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

The Christmas speech that defines the King as a 'defender of faiths'

has king charles sowed the seeds of the destruction of the house of windsor? dramatically this year the king’s speech refers not just to a f...
Gavin Ashenden

On the First Day of Christmas: Bethlehem Bells

our correspondent may baldwin's account of christmas in the holy land - then a british protectorate under the terms of the league of nations...
May Baldwin

'Christmas without Bach is unthinkable'

one of the paradoxes of the modern christmas is that we spend a terrific amount on the celebration before the feast and then terminate it ab...
Melanie McDonagh