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It came down from Heaven

during the summer, i had a conversation with the former archbishop of canterbury, rowan williams, about bach. simon russell beale was playin...

Pro-abortion groups appeal to Supreme Court against Texas' 'Heartbeat Act'

washington d.c., aug 30, 2021 / 16:10 pm pro-abortion groups are asking the supreme court to block texas’ law that would allow private citiz...

Christine-Rousselle

‘An indelible mark on the soul’

just four days after the assisted dying bill was introduced into the house of lords, bishop mark davies of shrewsbury issued a pastoral lett...

American Catholic leading relief efforts to evacuate Afghan refugees

one of the leading relief operations that is providing assistance to afghans and others desperate to flee the country is led by a catholic, ...

The crack in the Toby Jug

there was bound to be disappointment when, two years ago, the church in the person of rev peter doyle, bishop of northampton rejected the ca...

Richard Ingrams

Don't apologise for the inquisition

reviewing a book called inquisition: the reign of fear by toby green, quentin de la bedoyere warns against apologetic attempts to rationaliz...

Lessons from the Archives

Brazilian Church leaders increasingly critical of Brazil's Bolsonaro

people holding a brazilian flag that reads "522,000 deaths, we won't forget" take part in a demonstration on 3 july 2021. (sergio lima/afp v...

Eduardo Campos Lima

‘We should never have a perfect Church’

canon law is dinner-party talk once more. in households up and down the country, catholic and non-catholic alike, the canonical form of marr...

Smaller wedding – stronger sacrament?

i wonder whether we should really be lamenting the latest delay of so-called freedom day quite so much. confusingly, under new rules there w...

Constance Watson

Seville's ancient alchemy of agony and ecstasy

goodness knows what non-catholics, let alone atheists, must make of it all when visiting seville. you can’t move in the capital of southern ...