From creation to 're-creation'

The Holy See's pavilion at Venice Biennale - 17 June 2013 09:00

For the first time, the Holy See has entered a pavilion for this year‘s Venice Biennale. Artists were asked to tackle themes from Michelangelo‘s Sistine Chapel ceiling and did so over a series of three rooms entitled Creation, Un-creation and Re-Creation. Art ranged from desolate panoramics to enormous canvasses - via a room-sized, interactive, video installation.

See the full gallery here.

Local authorities 'wary of faith groups but rely on their services'

Report by MPs finds low level of religious literacy among councils - 14 June 2013 09:00

Faith groups only want to engage in social action to push their beliefs on others and their adherents oppose equality - these are some of the assumptions an all-party group of Christian MPs found among local authorities when dealing with faith groups.

The paper, "Faith in the Community: strengthening the ties between faith groups and local authorities", by the group Christians in Parliament, was based on responses from 150 councils in England, Scotland and Wales.

It found that just over half of local authorities are engaged with the Catholic Church in providing community services, and a similar proportion work in partnership with the Church of England.

You can read the report here.

Middle classes dominant in top Catholic schools

The Sutton Trust - 5 June 2013 09:00

A new report by the Sutton Trust has revealed that the hundred top performing Catholic state schools in England and Wales contain just half the average proportion of pupils from poorer backgrounds.

On average just 8.5 percent of children at the highest achieving Catholic comprehensives at GCSE level in 2012 were eligible for free school meals (FSM) - an indicator of low family income - compared with a national average of 16.5 per cent, according to a report by the educational charity.

At some of the best performing Catholic schools, where up to 100 per cent of pupils gained five ‘good' GCSEs at grades A-C - including English and maths - less than five per cent of children were eligible for FSMs, the report shows. ...

Ronald Knox, theologian, author, Bible translator

Colloquium at Heythrop College celebrated life of prominent convert - 31 May 2013 09:00

Last weekend scholars gathered at London's Heythrop College for a colloquium on the priest and theologian Ronald Knox who translated the Bible, wrote detective fiction and was a regular broadcaster for BBC radio - as well as one of the most prominent converts to Catholicism of the twentieth century. Below are excerpts from three speeches given at the event.

Ronald Knox and Bible translation, by Fr Ashley Beck

Evelyn Waugh remarks somewhere that in the face of ecclesiastical authority Knox became something of a schoolboy again in the presence of a prefect. This is seen also in relation to his translation of the Bible. While he had been fluent in Greek since childhood, he taught himself Hebrew when he began the work; while he is adamant that the work ...

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Labour has forgotten its Christian roots

Lord Maurice Glasman - 30 May 2013 09:00

Married parents more likely to stay together

The Marriage Foundation - 30 May 2013 09:00

Take the knocks - they do the Church good

Popular culture is being surprisingly respectful of Catholicism now, argues Mark Lawson - 24 May 2013 09:00

Replace fear with boldness, cynicism with confidence

Lancaster bishop urges Church to ditch nostalgia and focus on mission - 24 May 2013 09:00

Mary, inspiration for students

US Cardinal Timothy Dolan celebrates the secret of Notre Dame University - 24 May 2013 09:00

Pope attacks the tyranny of the markets

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Same-sex marriage bill must not discriminate against the Church

Archbishop Vincent Nichols calls for amendments to the legislation ahead of next week's debate - 16 May 2013 09:00

Hospitals must ensure the LCP is not misapplied

Professor David Albert Jones, Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre - 16 May 2013 09:00

Patients aren't objects on which interventions are made

Westminster Archbishop Vincent Nichols defends chaplaincies as integral to healthcare - 9 May 2013 04:00

Asylum seekers, migrant workers and 'those who do not welcome foreigners' prayed for at migrants' Mass

Prayers of Intercession for Migrants Mass on May 6th 2013 at Westminster Cathedral - 9 May 2013 09:00

'The Church of God, which is the people, will never die’

Subscribers can read the full version of Julian Filochowski's speech on Romero - 3 May 2013 09:00

Individualism and alienation has spawned a culture of death

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Safeguarding the well-being of humanity is the task of all

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The City and the common good: what kind of City do we want?

Archbishop Vincent Nichols considers what makes a good business - 12 April 2013 09:00

A humble priest is a credible priest

Bishop of Nottingham Malcolm McMahon's homily at the diocesan Chrism Mass - 4 April 2013 09:00

Urbi et Orbi: Love has triumphed

Pope Francis gives his first Urbi et Orbi address - 31 March 2013 09:00

Let us never give up: God always surprises

Pope Francis' homily during the Easter Vigil - 31 March 2013 09:00

God never condemns

Pope Francis' homily during the Via Crucis - 30 March 2013 12:00

Knock down obstacles and return simplicity to the Church

The papal preacher, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa's homily during the Passion liturgy - 30 March 2013 12:00

The Lord's priestly anointing should flow out to others, not to stagnate within us

Pope Francis at first Chrism Mass urges priests to look outward rather than inward - 28 March 2013 09:00

Archbishop Oscar Romero, a prophet of peace through justice

Marie Dennis, co-President of Pax Christi International, preaches at the annual memorial service in London - 28 March 2013 09:00

Open the doors of your hearts, lives and parishes in Holy Week

Pope Francis asks Catholics to live Holy Week in his first general audience - 27 March 2013 09:00

Young Lebanese Catholics write Pope's Good Friday texts

Via Crucis meditations highlight suffering of Middle Eastern Christians - 26 March 2013 09:00

Leave the Curia, Peter

Spanish missionary bishop writes an instructive poem for Pope Francis - 22 March 2013 09:00

Abolition, Factory Acts, the NHS, arose from this country recognising Christ and showing holy courage

Archbishop Justin Welby argues for role of faith in public life at enthronement service - 22 March 2013 09:00

Trust in Scots Church has been broken and we cry out for a new purity

Bishop of Aberdeen Hugh Gilbert sees much-needed new start in election of Pope Francis - 20 March 2013 09:00

Authentic power is service that leads to the Cross

Pope Francis pledges to protect poorest and weakest at homily at inauguration Mass - 19 March 2013 09:00

How I wish for a Church that is poor and for the poor!

Pope Francis greets, thanks and blesses journalists covering his election - 18 March 2013 09:00

What should Pope Francis prioritise?

Read the results of our reader survey - 18 March 2013 09:00

The Lord never tires of forgiving

Pope Francis speaks at his first Angelus - 18 March 2013 09:00

Without the cross we are priests, bishops, popes - but not disciples

Pope Francis' unscripted homily at first papal Mass on Thursday - 15 March 2013 09:00

We have a father! Though I admit I was taken by surprise

Archbishop Nichols welcomes election of new pope at thanksgiving Mass - 15 March 2013 09:00

They went to the ends of the earth to find me, jokes new pope

Pope Francis' first words from the balcony overlooking St Peter's Square - 14 March 2013 09:00

Cardinal Sodano, dean of College of Cardinals, to voters: prioritise unity

Final address to cardinals before start of conclave to elect next pope - 12 March 2013 09:00

Credibility of the Church has been dealt a serious blow, but don't give up

Archbishop Tartaglia reflects on 'sad' moment in Church's history after cardinal's resignation - 5 March 2013 09:00

'My sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me'

Brief statement from Cardinal Keith O'Brien - 4 March 2013 09:00

'Moments of radiant light, times when clouds have darkened the sky'

Pope Benedict XVI reflects on papacy, quotes Lumen Gentium in final address - 28 February 2013 09:00

God is in the barque and shall not let her sink

In his final general audience Pope Benedict reflects on joys and difficulties of pontificate - 27 February 2013 09:00

You have lost your Cardinal-Archbishop in the most difficult circumstances

Tartaglia, as apostolic administrator, addresses Catholics in St Andrews and Edinburgh - 27 February 2013 09:00

Pope taught of 'reform within continuity' and a Church in which we all participate

Archbishop Nichols pays tribute to Benedict XVI in final days in office - 26 February 2013 09:00

Africa's bishops denounce self-serving political leaders

Church notes persistence of poverty and violence 50 years after independence - 26 February 2013 09:00

Read Cardinal Keith O'Brien's resignation statement

Cardinal's shock move comes a day after allegations of 'inappropriate' behaviour - 25 February 2013 09:00

A few thoughts on the Second Vatican Council, as I saw it

Pope Benedict reflects on Council's significance but blames media for distorting message - 20 February 2013 09:00

Catholic schools will be forced to teach about gay marriage

Read correspondence between bishops and Equalities Minister - 20 February 2013 09:00

In his own words: how the Pope announced his decision to retire

Benedict XVI quietly told cardinals, in Latin, that he no longer had sufficient strength - 20 February 2013 09:00

Pope Benedict's reflection on frustrations and joys of ageing

His words to residents at Rome care home hint at what led to his decision to retire - 12 February 2013 09:00

'One of the most difficult decisions I have ever taken'

Catholic MPs explain how they voted after Tuesday's gay marriage debate - 8 February 2013 09:00

Faith and charity - a vital partnership

Pope's Lent message focuses on keys to healthy spiritual life - 7 February 2013 09:00

'Redefining marriage would sever link between marriage and sexual exclusivity'

Bishops raise concerns regarding gay marriage bill in briefing for MPs and peers - 30 January 2013 09:00

Pope on social networking: don't crowd out the 'gentle voice of reason'

World Communications Day message calls for 'attentive discernment' - 30 January 2013 09:00

How Fr Tony Flannery answered the Vatican

Censured Irish priest goes public with his correspondence from the CDF - 29 January 2013 09:00

Forty years of legalised terminations have coarsened us

Denver archbishop urges Catholics to become resensitised to 'national shame' of abortion - 23 January 2013 09:00

Syria risks becoming a field of ruins, warns Pope

Benedict XVI delivers 'state of the world' address to diplomats in Rome - 7 January 2013 09:00

Pope urges bishops to resist 'today's regnant agnosticism'

Warns in Epiphany Mass homily that bishops can expect persecution - 7 January 2013 09:00

Archbishop Vincent Nichols' statement on the end of the 'Soho Masses'

Explains decision to call time on Masses aimed at gay Catholics and their families - 2 January 2013 09:00

Warning against greed, gay marriage, abortion and euthanasia

Pope reflects on common good in message for 2013 World Day of Peace - 1 January 2013 09:00

Be bearers of the message of Christian unity

Pope addresses 45,000 young members of the ecumenical Taizé community - 31 December 2012 09:00

Archbishop Nichols urges Catholics to fight gay marriage plans

Call to lobby MPs to 'defend, not change' legal definition of marriage - 29 December 2012 01:00

'Truth has sprung out of the earth'

Benedict XVI cites concerns for China, Mali and Nigeria in Christmas message - 26 December 2012 10:00

'Government's ideology threatens the foundations of Christian society'

Bishop of Shrewsbury Mark Davies' homily at Midnight Mass - 25 December 2012 12:00

Shutting the door on faith leads not to peace but arrogant violence

Pope's Midnight Mass homily warns against denying God - 25 December 2012 12:00

Purified, we share in the creativity and creative love of God

Westminster Archbishop Vincent Nichols reflects on beauty of incarnation - 25 December 2012 12:00

Downing Street does God

Prime Minister David Cameron's Christmas address - 24 December 2012 09:00

The value of committing and the need to defend the family

Pope Benedict XVI reviews 2012 in address to Roman Curia - 21 December 2012 09:00

Jesus came to turn burdens into blessings

Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor's Christmas Pause for Thought - 19 December 2012 09:00

Dissatisfaction with new Missal translation

Survey conducted by Diocese of Portsmouth - 14 December 2012 09:00

Pope: I saw a great spiritual hunger in the UK

Benedict XVI addresses English College in Rome - 3 December 2012 09:00

Greatest barrier to evangelisation is abuse scandal

Australian Cardinal George Pell addreses evangelisation conference - 1 December 2012 09:00

Catholic schools are diverse - but are they becoming less Catholic?

Catholic Education Service 2012 census - 30 November 2012 09:00

Does politics still need religion?

Baroness Shirley Williams and Clifford Longley - 23 November 2012 09:00

Fighting apartheid, rushing home for the rugby and being not quite fully Irish

Memories of the Archbishop Denis Hurley, champion of Vatican II - 16 November 2012 09:00

The Papacy and the Holy See, does it matter in the twenty-first century?

Tim Fischer, former Australian Ambassador to the Holy See - 16 November 2012 09:00

Faith, hope - and university

Bishop Kenney finds many reasons to be cheerful on a visit to South Sudan - 1 November 2012 09:00

Cardinal takes issue with government's stance on prisons

Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor: a primarily punitive system is not acceptable - 31 October 2012 09:00

Women and remarried divorcees given special mention

Message from New Evangelisation synod issued - 26 October 2012 09:00

Good evangelisation requires listening and self-awareness

Archbishop Bernard Longley speaks at Synod of Bishops in Rome - 17 October 2012 09:00

'Ageist' health care discriminates against the elderly

Bishop Anthony Fisher takes aim at advisory body NICE - 17 October 2012 09:00

Evangelisation is 'the overflow of the disciple’s journey to maturity in Christ'

Archbishop of Canterbury addresses Vatican synod of bishops - 10 October 2012 09:00

'I leave office with no regrets'

Dr Williams gives 2012 lecture of think-tank Theos - 4 October 2012 09:00

Mary's dowry, now at risk from a counterculture of death

New bishop of Portsmouth, Philip Egan, issues urgent call to mission in remarks after Archbishop Nichols' homily - 28 September 2012 09:00

Police 'our last line of defence against savagery of the jungle'

Bishop Davies preaches in parish where two policewomen were killed - 24 September 2012 09:00

Blueprint for better business

Archbishop of Westminster initiates top-level debate - 20 September 2012 09:00

Church leadership is not about control

In a homily to celebrate 25th anniversary of Bishop William Kenney's ordination Fr Timothy Radcliffe OP says a bishop's rule is about opening space for God - 20 September 2012 09:00

Is Catholicism compatible with women's health?

Australian Cardinal George Pell addresses a conference of obstetricians and gynaecologists - 20 September 2012 09:00

Peace cannot exist without religious freedom

Pope Benedict XVI urges continuous dialogue and a pursuit of truth during his apostolic visit to Lebanon - 20 September 2012 09:00

'London 2012 showcased the values we need to renew society'

Archbishop Peter Smith preaches at Thanksgiving Mass for Paralympics - 11 September 2012 09:00

Aspects of our culture are averse to faith

Archbishop Vincent Nichols speaks in Preston, Lancashire - 7 September 2012 09:00

Cardinal Dolan's prayers tread careful line at Republican and Democratic National Conventions

Cardinal cites life issues and social justice at GOP and Democratic conventions - 3 September 2012 09:00

Colourful tribute to cardinal who resisted Beijing

Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong remembers Taiwan ally - 30 August 2012 09:00

Global food markets should put people before profits

Call issued by Vatican representative to UN - 24 August 2012 09:00

Scottish bishops' new offensive in gay marriage war

Message for first National Marriage Sunday announces launch of pro-family commission - 24 August 2012 09:00

St Mary's Twickenham investigated over hypnosis course

Read higher education watchdog's report in full - 24 August 2012 09:00

Our race isn't for winners but finishers

Bishop Thomas McMahon addresses Olympics-minded Joshua Camp volunteers - 3 August 2012 09:00

Politicking, divisions – but many reasons for hope

Cardinal O'Brien on the health of the Catholic Church in China - 25 July 2012 09:00

'Misunderstandings and irregularities' in post-Vatican II liturgy

ICEL head lists problems, highlights recent Dublin congress - 5 July 2012 04:00

Many have tried to define human dignity and many have got it wrong

Archbishop of Westminster takes on the euthanasia lobby - 28 June 2012 09:00

Desperate mass emigration is 'festering sore on wound of political crisis'

Zimbabwe's bishops reach out to diaspora - 28 June 2012 09:00

Pope admits damage of abuse crisis on Church

Tells delegates in Dublin it is a mystery why those who receive the sacraments would abuse - 18 June 2012 09:00

Praise for Ireland's courage and Church's dedication to renewal

Pope's envoy Cardinal Ouellet preaches at IEC final Mass - 17 June 2012 09:00

Eucharistic Congress - a watershed moment?

Many speeches at Dublin event frank and penitential - 14 June 2012 09:00

The new evangelisation: a challenge and a promise

Italian Archbishop Bruno Forte on connecting with young people - 14 June 2012 09:00

Praise for Queen's 'unshakable conviction'

Archbishop Nichols' Jubilee tribute - 8 June 2012 09:00

Pope to the divorced: I support you in your struggle

Benedict XVI's address at International Gathering of Families in Milan - 7 June 2012 09:00

Reconciliation: a journey from the ruins to the feet of the risen Christ

Archbishop Rowan Williams - 1 June 2012 09:00

Koch: 'Church has become ally in fight against anti-Semitism'

Vatican cardinal recounts 50 years of Catholic-Jewish dialogue - 24 May 2012 12:00

Who picks Dr Williams' successor? That list in full

- 24 May 2012 12:00

Secularism - good or bad?

Archbishop Nichols and Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor take opposing views - 24 May 2012 12:00

Clare Short: 'Church gave me best of values that have continued into my political and adult life'

Former Labour minister offers candid and fond reflection on her Catholic upbringing - 23 May 2012 09:00

Portsmouth diocese denies liability for abusive priests

Read letter to clergy explaning why it is fighting court ruling - 17 May 2012 09:00

Battle for religious freedom is far from over

Lord Alton gives the 2012 Tyburn Lecture - 10 May 2012 09:00

Vatican conference tackles trafficking

England and Wales bishops host one-day symposium - 10 May 2012 09:00

Cardinal Brady says BBC documentary 'seriously misrepresents' his role

Admits he was part of 'an unhelpful culture of deference and silence' - 3 May 2012 09:00

'Unfriendly churches' to blame for people quitting church

Archbishop Nichols addresses evangelisation conference - 3 May 2012 09:00

Full unity the ultimate aim of ecumenism, says Longley

Christopher Lamb - 3 May 2012 09:00

Assert your faith, unite and back the ordinariate

Nuncio outlines Pope's priorities to bishops of England and Wales - 26 April 2012 09:00

Pope changes German Mass text to say 'for many', not 'for all'

Read the letter explaining the liturgical change - 26 April 2012 09:00

Birmingham asks laity to make home visits

Archdiocese facing shortage of priests and shifting demographic - 26 April 2012 09:00

Pope hits out at reform-minded priests during Chrism Mass

Accuses them of forcing own agenda on Church - 13 April 2012 09:00

Bishop Davies warns Britain not to extinguish Christianity

Says nation would become susceptible to 'any passing ideology' - 11 April 2012 06:00

O'Brien: Wear your cross with pride

Cardinal calls for visible witness to faith - 5 April 2012 01:00

Prime Minister issues brief Easter message

Cameron urges tolerance and extols the 'Golden Rule' - 4 April 2012 04:00

View the new exhibition depicting the Stations of the Cross

As featured in this week's edition of The Tablet - 30 March 2012 09:00

Church 'obsessed with morality at the expense of justice'

Bath and Wells bishop speaks on Romero anniversary - 30 March 2012 09:00

Liverpool church re-opens as old rite hub

Bishop Mark Davies hopes church will be 'beacon of hope' - 30 March 2012 09:00

Read the Vatican's findings from Ireland

Rome's 'dismay and betrayal' at abuse within the Church - 23 March 2012 09:00

Today's subtler persecution is no less real

Archbishop Conti's St Patrick's Day homily - 23 March 2012 09:00

Read the report on anti-Christian discrimination

- 23 March 2012 09:00

St David's glorious successors

Abbot Paul Stonham's whistle-stop tour of Catholicism in Wales - 22 March 2012 09:00

Tony Blair's studied silence on gay rights

- 22 March 2012 09:00

Monastic virtues and ecumenical hopes

Dr Williams outlines vision of church unity - 16 March 2012 09:00

Pope urges US bishops to fight gay marriage

Calls for rediscovery of church teaching on sexuality - 16 March 2012 09:00

Nichols moves to defend marriage

Pastoral letter to be read at all England and Wales parishes - 8 March 2012 09:00

Dolan warns on US religious freedom

Follows Government's healthcare mandate and subsequent 'narrow' exemptions - 8 March 2012 09:00

Nichols' appeal for woman on death row

Archbishop highlights case of British Catholic grandmother - 2 March 2012 09:00

Read the MPs' report on discrimation

Authors document increasing hostility towards Christians - 1 March 2012 09:00

Operation Noah's Ash Wednesday declaration on climate change

Call to put green issues at the heart of faith - 24 February 2012 09:00

Muslim minister Baroness Warsi praises Britain's Christian heritage

Argues that interfaith cohesion benefits from strengthening religious identity - 16 February 2012 09:00

Queen defends role of Christianity in Britain

Tells faith representatives it is 'woven into the fabric of society' - 16 February 2012 09:00

The Church's moral obligation to victims of clerical sexual abuse

Speeches from this week's conference in Rome - 9 February 2012 09:00

Archbishop voices 'shame and sorrow' after priest's abuse trial

Longley to visit parishes 'damaged' by Walsh - 9 February 2012 09:00

Sexual abuse: a multi-faceted response

Cardinal Levada addresses Rome conference - 7 February 2012 09:00

Prayer for Queen's Diamond Jubilee

Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral issue text - 2 February 2012 09:00

Beware suspicion, inertia and impatience

Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor on the 'enemies of ecumenism' - 27 January 2012 09:00

Silence and soundbites

Pope's World Communications Day message - 26 January 2012 09:00

EU bishops point way out of economic crisis

'We need German-style social market economy' - 19 January 2012 09:00

Recession, revolution, persecution

Pope Benedict's 2012 State of the World address to diplomats - 13 January 2012 09:00

What future for nominally Catholic schools?

Where should shrinking Church focus, asks bishop - 5 January 2012 09:00

Priest denies ignoring torture of Baha Mousa

Fr Peter Madden says he knew nothing of the abuse - 5 January 2012 09:00

Archbishop of Westminster's Christmas homily

Vincent Nichols - 29 December 2011 09:00

Finance and the golden calf

Chief rabbi writes for Vatican newspaper - 19 December 2011 09:00

Sssh - silence for Advent and Christmas

Hugh Gilbert OSB, bishop of Aberdeen - 15 December 2011 09:00

Why secular Britain needs faith

Archbishop Vincent Nichols delivers the Thomas More lecture - 8 December 2011 09:00

Ordinariate: my concerns and hopes

Mgr Andrew Burnham on a tough first year - 8 December 2011 09:00

'The Holocaust must make us vigilant to threats to life'

Shrewsbury Bishop on 'modern-day eugenics' - 1 December 2011 09:00

Read Pope Benedict's blueprint for Africa

'Africae Munus' launched on trip to Benin - 24 November 2011 09:00

Where is charity, where is home?

Fr Christopher Jamison gives 2011 Cafod lecture - 19 November 2011 12:00

'Help people rediscover beauty of the Church'

Dolan addresses US bishops' plenary meeting - 18 November 2011 09:00

Ealing Abbey: read the report, have your say

Consultation follows Carlile report's abuse findings - 18 November 2011 09:00

Reclaiming religion as a force for peace

Pope addresses leaders of world faiths at Assisi - 4 November 2011 09:00

Pell attacks climate change 'propagandists'

Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney - 4 November 2011 09:00

Holiness today: formation of the human heart

Archbishop Nichols delivers The Tablet lecture - 27 October 2011 09:00

What happened to the northern heartlands?

Paul Vallely on Catholicism in 1950s Middlesbrough - 27 October 2011 09:00

Mugabe's lawless regime no better white rule

Dr Williams reaches out to Zimbabwe's Anglicans - 10 October 2011 09:00

Crumbling Church, rudderless leadership

Fr Kevin Hegarty reflects on Irish Catholicism - 6 October 2011 09:00

Nichols addresses judges in abbey and cathedral

First Catholic archbishop since Reformation - 6 October 2011 09:00

Poll: Church is out of touch but Pope was okay

Bishops' research finds mixed picture after visit - 22 September 2011 09:00

Chief Rabbi: Benedict, a fellow prophet

Lord Sacks gives the inaugural Pope Benedict XVI lecture - 22 September 2011 09:00

From 9/11 to the Pope's visit

Archbishop Nichols reflects on interfaith relations - 15 September 2011 09:00

Pope's words to new ambassador, Nigel Baker

Benedict XVI links England riots to moral relativism - 15 September 2011 09:00

Read Rome's response to the Cloyne report

Holy See denies hindering abuse investigation - 9 September 2011 09:00

After much struggle, I see my cancer as a gift

Bishop Crispian Hollis reflects on visit to Lourdes - 9 September 2011 09:00

Resources for introducing the new Missal

Links to liturgy websites - 2 September 2011 09:00

Read the Pope's World Youth Day speeches

Benedict XVI's addresses to pilgrims in Madrid - 22 August 2011 09:00

Bishops’ 'double-speak’ over the new Missal

Fr Kevin T Kelly, theologian and priest - 18 August 2011 09:00

Stand with Peter, stand with the Pope

Bishop Mark Davies addresses World Youth Day pilgrims - 18 August 2011 09:00

Professor Luke Gormally's letter to Archbishop Vincent Nichols

- 11 August 2011 03:00

Abuse complaints double in 2010

Download the NCSC's report here - 29 July 2011 09:00

Atheists running the Church? Spare us

Cardinal Joseph Zen Zekiun, SDB - 29 July 2011 09:00

Report 'shows Rome’s dysfunction, elitism, narcissism’

Irish PM hits out after report into abuse in Cloyne - 21 July 2011 09:00

'The most vulnerable must be protected'

Archbishop Nichols writes to Iain Duncan Smith - 21 July 2011 09:00

Call for Catholic schools to foster vocations

Fr Christopher Jamison OSB - 21 July 2011 09:00

Read the Cloyne report

Irish Government's account of abuse in the diocese - 15 July 2011 09:00

'Coincidence of interests' that changed history

John O'Sullivan on John Paul II and Ronald Reagan - 8 July 2011 09:00

'Banal liturgies' repel Anglicans

Tracey Rowland, Dean of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family - 30 June 2011 01:00

Churches’ key code of conduct for missions

Catholic Church, World Council of Churches, World Evangelical Alliance unite - 30 June 2011 01:00

Dying well - a rabbi's perspective

Baroness Neuberger, the Tyburn Lecture - 30 June 2011 09:00

Prison chaplains' letter to Archbishop Vincent Nichols

- 23 June 2011 04:00

Peers letter to BBC on assisted suicide

Lord Alton, Lord Brennan, Baroness Campbell, Baroness Finlay and Lord Carlile - 23 June 2011 11:00

'Fragmentation of the family destroys faith'

Archbishop Hickey of Perth, pastoral letter - 16 June 2011 04:00

'No need to promote old-rite Mass'

Glasgow Archbishop Mario Conti to his priests - 10 June 2011 09:00

'Be thankful you weren't assassinated'

Lesley-Anne Knight, outgoing head of Caritas Internationalis - 9 June 2011 09:00

'Contraceptive culture' prevented vocations

Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney - 3 June 2011 09:00

Viewers and staff brand BBC anti-Christian

Survey find many believe corporation biased - 3 June 2011 09:00

New Mass is 'fuller, closer, richer'

Bishops of England and Wales - 29 May 2011 01:00

How do social action and evangelisation fit together?

Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace - 27 May 2011 09:00

Rome's updated child protection guidelines

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - 16 May 2011 09:00

Vatican's instruction on old rite in full

Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei - 13 May 2011 09:00

Evangelisation, the ordinariate and new appointments

Priorities for England and Wales bishops - 13 May 2011 09:00

'Scandal' of denying workers a living wage

Bishop Thomas McMahon of Brentwood - 6 May 2011 09:00

Text of homily for John Paul II's beatification

Pope Benedict XVI - 1 May 2011 09:00

And the winner is ...

The Tablet essay competition - 21 April 2011 04:00

French Church spars with scientists in bioethics debate

Both sides present their views - 14 April 2011 09:00

The nun's book denounced by the US bishops

Sr Elizabeth Johnson CSJ - 14 April 2011 09:00

Catholic human rights lawyer calls for women's ordination

Conor Gearty - 7 April 2011 09:00

Let us keep the '1973 rite' of the Mass on

Fr Mike Fallon - 31 March 2011 09:00

What sort of Government leaves out RE?

Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham - 31 March 2011 09:00

The Irish Church: Towards Healing

Irish bishops' conference - 24 March 2011 09:00

'Big Society risks being aspirational waffle'

Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury - 24 March 2011 09:00

Human flourishing, the economic crisis and Christian ministry

Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace - 18 March 2011 02:00

The Iraqi Church today: bearing a heavy cross

Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq - 18 March 2011 09:00

'The Church we believe in is Catholic'

Lesley-Anne Knight, head of Caritas Internationalis - 3 March 2011 09:00

Irish Church: keeping the show on the road

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Primate of Ireland - 24 February 2011 11:00

Faith in politics

Gordon Brown - 24 February 2011 09:00

Growing calls for a rethink on celibacy

Future Pope wanted the issue discussed - 18 February 2011 09:00

One liturgist's damning verdict on the Missal

Fr Anthony Ruff OSB - 7 February 2011 09:00

Kasper: no side won in ex-Anglican ordinations

- 20 January 2011 02:00

A plea for World Interfaith Harmony Week

Tony Blair and Prince Ghazi of Jordan - 13 January 2011 09:00

Speech to ambassadors - 'protect religious freedom'

Pope Benedict XVI - 11 January 2011 09:00

Three cheers for the laity, none for clericalism - one bishop's of the priesthood

Bishop Tom Burns of Menevia - 6 January 2011 05:00

'What happened to our ideals?'

Cardinal Keith O'Brien's New Year message - 6 January 2011 04:00

Thought for the Day

Pope Benedict XVI - 6 January 2011 09:00

2010 through the eyes of the Pope

Benedict XVI's speech to the Roman Curia - 20 December 2010 09:00

Memories of the papal visit

From Pope Benedict, Dr Rowan Williams and more - 16 December 2010 09:00

Intimate reflections of a Pope

Peter Seewald - 13 December 2010 09:00

'Rachel wept for her children'

Bishop William Kenney - 13 December 2010 09:00

Living the virtues in a time of austerity

The Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols - 13 December 2010 09:00

Christian unity – theology, practical implications and ecumenical challenges

Dr Rowan Williams - 13 December 2010 09:00