James Jeffrey, Author at Catholic Herald

James Jeffrey

Pilgrim’s diary: the Catholic Herald heads to Fátima

March 18, 2023

As the Harry Potter-esque black-caped students that the Portuguese city of Coimbra is famous for were heading to classes early in the morning, in the opposite direction trooped a gaggle of Catholic Herald pilgrims heading for 8 a.m. Mass in the city’s Carmelo de Santa Teresa. It’s the Carmelite convent where Sister Lucia, one of

The Catholic argument against 15-minute cities

March 13, 2023

Suddenly there’s a lot of talk and media coverage around the concept of so-called 15-minute cities. The idea is that everything you need to live well in an urban setting – healthcare, education, food, employment, cultural life – should be easily reachable within a 15-minute walk or bike ride from any point in a town

Why the Catholic Herald’s next ‘camino’ is heading to Fátima

February 12, 2023

Following a successful summer pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in north-western Spain, the famous Sanctuary of Fátima in central Portugal is a fitting switch for a pilgrimage undertaken during Lent There are two key questions that usually arise when you arrive at the Sanctuary of Fátima. Are you going to go on your knees all the

Last Call to become a Herald Compostela pilgrim this Holy Jubilee Year

June 10, 2022

What to expect on the Catholic Herald Vigo to Santiago pilgrimage (20th to 27th July) and how to join our pilgrim band.

The thirstiest Camino of them all

April 29, 2022

In baking heat on arid land, James Jeffrey walks the 620-mile Via de la Plata from Seville to Santiago de Compostela

Confessions of a religious pilgrim

July 30, 2021

In an age of secular pilgrimage, James Jeffrey  writes about walking with spiritual purpose

Seville’s ancient alchemy of agony and ecstasy

July 01, 2021

The pain and joy that attend the human condition overflow in the Andalusian capital, finds James Jeffrey

A Catholic Democrat in Texas: Meet Senator Eddie Lucio

April 09, 2020

Tucked at the back of Senator Eddie Lucio Jr’s office in the grand State Capitol building in Texas is a small side room that serves as a chapel. Statues and icons flank a centrepiece painting of Christ catching St Peter’s hands as he sinks into the waves. Catholicism and politics have long had a strained

Who comes first: the homeless or refugees?

February 20, 2020

Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas and a Catholic, has declared that the Lone Star State will not accept any new refugees in 2020. His announcement comes after President Trump signed an executive order last September saying that states and municipalities must give written consent to agencies before refugees can be resettled. In the face

Ethiopia’s churches are being targeted – and no one is quite sure why

November 14, 2019

An outbreak of violence in Ethiopia at the end of October has manifested a worrying new trend in one of the world’s most religious countries, with reports of Christians targeted during the mayhem that left around 80 dead. Since July 2018, about 30 churches belonging to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church – the largest of the

Eritrea’s crackdown and the Church’s dilemma

September 26, 2019

The showdown between the Eritrean government and the Catholic Church shows no sign of abating. Four Catholic schools have been seized by the government this month. It follows the seizure and shutting down in June of the country’s 22 Catholic-run health centres. That decision was widely seen as retaliation for Eritrea’s bishops speaking out in

Men suffer from abortion too

August 29, 2019

Back in 1975, before Fr Stephen Imbarrato became a Catholic priest and pro-life activist, he got his girlfriend pregnant and was, in his own words, “complicit” in her abortion. Decades later when he met her to apologise, he found out she had been carrying twins. “I had said I supported her decision either way, though I

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