Vatican News

A ‘demonic’ regime

when cardinal leopoldo brenes heard that paramilitaries had surrounded a basilica in the city of diriamba, he dropped everything and rushed ...
The Catholic Herald

In brief

lansing, michigan consecrated virgins ‘shocked’ by new vatican rules the us association of consecrated virgins has said it is “deeply disapp...
Staff writers

The Vatican: When churches convert

the vatican is drawing up guidelines for the sale of deconsecrated buildings does not god dwell here anymore? that is the question a confere...
Christopher R. Altieri

Diary: by Harry Mount

why do british men wear socks and jackets during the intense heat? after years of sweating through summer parties, i’ve made a breakthrough ...
Harry Mount

When ‘no change’ changed everything

for the philosopher ralph mcinerny, 1968 was “the year the church fell apart”. for peter steinfels, it saw the beginning of “the vietnam war...
Stephen Bullivant

Fr Raymond J de Souza: A date with history

regular readers will know that i keep an eye out for anniversaries, and the coincidence of historical dates. the liturgy itself points us th...
Fr Raymond de Souza

The monks who have to be beer snobs

sir alec guinness reminisced in his memoirs about a visit he made to mount st bernard abbey in 1957, a year after his conversion to the cath...
Simon Caldwell

Fine art: From inside an asylum, an imagination set sail

james henry pullen spent all his life after the age of 12 in asylums. in 1855, aged 20, he moved to the newly opened asylum for idiots at ha...
David V Barrett

Prize crossword 0551

cryptic across 5 tearful individual, 20, majority protected... (5) 6 ...being short timid sort requiring a spiritual role model (5) 8 minute...
Alun Evans

How Humanae Vitae changed the Church

After Paul VI released Humanae Vitae 50 years ago, Catholics split into warring tribes
Stephen Bullivant