Bess Twiston-Davies, Author at Catholic Herald

Bess Twiston-Davies

December 02, 2016

Aradin, Kurdistan “ISIS isn’t the main reason why Christians are leaving Iraq now,” says Elizabeth Sana. “It’s lack of work.” She is the supervisor of a women’s project in Aradin, a picturesque Christian village in Kurdistan, northern Iraq. Mosul, only 93 miles away, seems another world in this pure mountain air. Since 2003, when Christians

‘You killed my brothers’

March 17, 2016

Constanza’s voice was trembling when she stood to address the guerrillas’ delegate. “You killed my mother,” she said. “You killed my two brothers, and you killed 48 members of my family circle.” She was face to face with a representative of the group responsible for the murders: the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia, better known

First Catholic service in centuries takes place at Hampton Court Palace

February 10, 2016

Cardinal Vincent Nichols was joined by the Anglican Bishop of London for the historic service on Tuesday

This is what it’s like to take part in a Spanish Holy Week procession

April 16, 2014

Finally I have fulfilled a long-held ambition to walk among the penitents in Valladolid

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