Travel & Pilgrimage

Full to the brim: Trusting in Mary's command

‘now there were six stone water jars there for the jewish rites of purification, each holding seventy or one hundred litres’ (john 2:6). in ...
Fr David Howell

Half a million pilgrims already through Holy Door of Saint Peter's in Rome

already more than half a million pilgrims have come to participate in the jubilee of hope since pope francis inaugurated the 2025 jubilee ye...
Elise Allen

The mysterious Easterners who dreamt God's dream

and being warned in a dream not to return to herod, they departed to their own country by another way. (matthew 2:12) at the end of sunday’s...
Fr David Howell

Rachel weeping for her children: the truth, power and lesson of the Holy Innocents

then herod, seeing that he had been made fun of by the magi, was very angry indeed. and he sent and destroyed all the male children who were...
Fr Nicholas King SJ

Foreign Office issues Italy travel warning for Jubilee year

the uk government has issued a travel warning for those planning to travel to italy and especially to rome over the next 12 months. the warn...
Thomas Edwards

King Charles attends Advent service at Farm Street for Christians in Iraq, Syria

king charles iii has said he is praying for the people of syria after attending a special advent service for christians in the middle east h...
The Catholic Herald

Latin Mass could be restricted at Chartres pilgrimage

the celebration of the latin mass at the annual chartres pilgrimage could face restrictions in 2025, according to recent reports in the...
Thomas Edwards

Bishops address US defence budget on abortion, Afghans and women being drafted

as congress inches towards passing the annual defence bill, leaders of the us bishops’ conference are urging the senate to remove a provisio...
johnlavenburg

Pope approves LGBT+ pilgrimage as part of Jubilee 2025 celebrations

pope francis has approved a pilgrimage for people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual as part of the jubilee 2025 celebra...
Simon Caldwell

Diary: William Cash, outgoing editor of the Catholic Herald

i spent a weekend in late september at the cliveden literary festival, at the famous (perhaps notorious) mansion in berkshire which used to ...
William Cash