Vatican News

Obituary: Bishop Christopher Budd 1937-2023

a doughty episcopal reformer . born in essex on may 27, 1937, hugh christopher budd was educated by the salesians at chertsey before enterin...
The Catholic Herald

Lunch at the Palazzo Taverna and CNEWA reception

lunch at the palazzo taverna on april 19, a luncheon was hosted for the herald at the palazzo taverna on via di monte giordano in rome by to...
The Catholic Herald

Bishop Neil Scantlebury of Barbados: A local man to tackle local challenges

"i just wanted to be a holy priest." one never knows when god may interfere with retirement plans. after 25 years as a priest, attending mou...
William Cash

What makes a knight (of Malta) today?

the order of malta has been through a bruising year since, last june, pope francis took a close interest in the affairs of the order, demand...
The Catholic Herald

A users’ guide to the progress of perversion

first published in 1949, carol jackson robinson’s catholic polemic the perverse generation resonates today, says julian kwasniewski. was 194...
Julian Kwasniewski

Diary: By Eduard Habsburg

in my tiny room in a guest house on budapest’s castle hill, i was building a tower of towels and rolls of loo paper. the voice of the bbc te...
Eduard Habsburg

Archaeology of Jesus’ Nazareth, by Ken Dark

archaeology of jesus’ nazareth ken dark oup, £25, 168 pages this book reveals what archaeology can add to historical evidence about the gali...
Piers Brendon

An old manor house on the road to Fátima has its own story of the miracles

how nuno vasconcelos, now in his fifties, came to quit his life as a banker to run the quinta da alcaidaria-mór, his family’s historic portu...
William Cash

The Rossettis: Radical Romantics

the rossettis at tate britain bears serious scrutiny, says lucy boswall. beige walls, beige wood, beige carpet. the almost monochrome décor ...
Lucy Boswall

New observatory formed in Rome to study Marian apparitions

an institution has been formed in rome to study alleged marian apparitions and other supernatural phenomena in the catholic church. the inte...
Hannah Brockhaus