Travel & Pilgrimage

An invitation to break bread with the needy

bishop john keenan of paisley is inviting people to join him this sunday at a virtual luncheon involving a charitable kitchen in lebanon, wh...

Pope Francis: Keep praying for ‘our sorely tried brothers and sisters’ in Iraq

vatican city, mar 10, 2021 / 05:30 am mt (cna).- pope francis on wednesday urged catholics worldwide to keep praying for “our sorely tried b...

The Way of St James Awaits

trekking shoes, olive green hiking trousers, and a fleece; the man with the rucksack, sleeping bag, and foam roll strapped to his back, coul...

Curtis Williams

Pope Francis: Meeting with Iraq’s top Shiite cleric offered ‘universal message’ of fraternity

pope francis speaks during an in-flight press conference en route from rome to iraq march 8, 2021. caption: colm flynn/cna. aboard the papal...

Pope Francis: At the Presidential Palace in Iraq

-- baghdad -- pope francis arrived at the presidential palace in iraq on friday, in the heavily fortified green zone of the capital. an hono...

Pope Francis Arrives in Iraq

-- baghdad -- pope francis touched down in baghdad today, sealing his place in history as the first roman pontiff to visit iraq. iraqis had ...

The 2021 Holy Year of Jubilee in Santiago

with the pandemic keeping so many imprisoned in their own homes for months, perhaps there has never been a better year to consider walking t...

Curtis Williams

The entrepreneurs with a higher calling

is it possible to be a good christian and a successful entrepreneur? the bible encourages believers to exploit their talents, which surely i...

Poetic Justice for Geoffrey Chaucer

the furore over the poet of the canterbury tales being culled from english literature courses taught at various universities, in an attempt ...

The Catholic Herald

Beauty and the Damned

on 23 february 1821, john keats died of tuberculosis in a house beside the spanish steps in rome, aged just 25. as a lover of the romantic p...