On July 1, 1916, skylarks were singing, and 20,000 British soldiers died
A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
The Church’s annus horribilis continues
Religion is a far better provider of happiness than a hugely overgrown state, says Philip Booth
Some controversies just won’t lie down and die. Pius XII and the Holocaust is one of them.
Political correctness, of course
A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
The Vatican announces appointments to major curial positions
Swiss bishop to replace Cardinal Walter Kasper at curial department for ecumenism
Augsburg’s confessions: the strange case of Bishop Mixa
The bizarre case of a bishop at the heart of the German hierarchy’s fiercest public fight