Latest News

John Paul II beatification ‘faces setback’
Former Pope's Cause further away after reports that healed nun suffers a relapse.

Bishop: Our schools do not ‘promote homophobia’
By David V Barrett

Debate goes in favour of return to the glory of Catholic England
By Ed West

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor wants to see England reconnected to its traditional culture PA

Bishops: ‘big government’ discourages virtue
Archbishop Smith launches attack on ‘tick-box’ mentality and mania for new regulations
US Anglicans to convert to Rome en masse
Traditionalists accept Pope’s offer of a Personal Ordinariate covering 100 congregations

IN THE PAPER THIS WEEK
Gordon Brown honours nun who saved a Jewish family from Nazis

Features

A recipe for change at Eccleston Square
The new general secretary of the English and Welsh bishops’ conference is a formidable cook, discovers Mark Greaves

‘Young Catholics are hungry for meaning’
The Catholic Youth Ministry Federation aims to rejuvenate the Church’s work with young people. Anna Arco attends its first ever congress

A grandmother’s guide to going to Confession
Before Nicole Hall died she wrote three books for her grandchildren about her love for the Catholic faith. We publish an extract from the first

IN THE PAPER THIS WEEK
Discover the joy of the Prodigal Son

Letters to the Editor

Darwinism can be blamed for many of the ills of the 20th century
Read this, plus all our other letters online


Catholic Life

Archbishop greets new rector for Poles
Read this, plus all our other Catholic Life stories online

Archbishop Nichols greets the new Rector

Blogs & Columnists

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Reviews

Sweden, a land of sadistic monsters
Stieg Larsson’s story should have been called Men Who Hate Women, says Andrew M Brown

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

If only philosophers could wake up to a sense of God
Universities need to rediscover the old tree of Catholic philosophy, argues Lucy Beckett

Power of prayer
Lady Antonia Fraser has remained a committed Catholic all her life, says Maria Perry-Robinson

IN THE PAPER THIS WEEK
John Hinton reviews Peter Conradi's Iris Murdoch: A Writer at War

Opinion

Priests ought to focus on sin, not climate change
The worst way to ‘connect’ with parishioners is to offer secular fads, says Dominic Scarborough

St Thérèse archive

Read about this year's St Thérèse visit