The road to Canterbury: Why St Thomas Becket still fascinates 850 years after his murder
July 7, 2020
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This July was meant to have seen the return to Canterbury of a major relic: the blood-splattered tunicle (shirt) reputedly
The internet has taken away the joy of boredom
July 2, 2020
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Bored, bored, bored … That’s been my coronavirus experience. Luckily, I’ve avoided the plague. But I’ve been thrown on my
Working from home has shown me that childcare is a full-time job
June 29, 2020
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One of the biggest surprises of having children has been the realisation that childcare is a full-time job. That is
In multi-religious Albania, there’s great respect for us nuns
June 26, 2020
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I grew up in the former Yugoslavia and in Kosovo. Under communism, we never talked about our religious identity, even
My father, the reluctant agnostic
June 26, 2020
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Sometime in 1913, two Leeds University students taking part in a Union debate on socialism declared that they were not
‘I’m funnier since I converted’: an interview with comedian Jeremy McLellan
June 26, 2020
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For Jeremy McLellan, a rising stand-up star, comedy is a Christian vocation. ‘I think I am funnier since I converted,’ he tells Simon Caldwell
How Albanian Catholicism survived Ottoman rule and Communist oppression
June 26, 2020
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Catholic Albanians live in Kosovo, Montenegro and Macedonia as well as Albania proper. They are descendants of the Illyrians who
Despite Cambridge’s Protestant history, Catholic students are at home here
June 25, 2020
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If anywhere in this country can be labelled a Protestant town, it is Cambridge. The pulpit where the first Protestant
Despite every kind of opposition, campus pro-life groups continue to grow
June 24, 2020
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“Students are fed up with the status quo and the rhyming chants and are looking for real, concrete answers,” says
Obituary: Mgr Antony Conlon, a transformer of parishes
June 23, 2020
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Mgr Antony Conlon, who has died at the age of 72, was a man of infectious fun and profound friendship,
The history – and survival – of England’s shrines to Our Lady
June 19, 2020
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The rededication of England as the Dowry of Mary this Annunciationtide is not a novelty; it is a reaffirmation of
UK immigration policy is undergoing major changes – but could it lead to a labour crisis?
June 19, 2020
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With little fanfare, one of the defining issues of the Brexit debate – the free movement of people within the