An acceptable face for capitalism

With the all-conquering global free market seeming to trounce all competing social and economic ideologies, a moral and practical framework looks increasingly necessary. Could Catholic social teaching fill the gap?...

Back in the USSR

Russian military action in Georgia marks out an intended sphere of influence that extends to much of the old Soviet Union. And most Russians are delighted by this new-found assertiveness...

From Pugin to green peace

After more than a century occupying their flamboyant Victorian abbey, sisters from the Benedictine community at Stanbrook are looking forward to moving to a new purpose-built, environmentally sustainable, carbon-neutral convent in the North Yorkshire moors - Photo copyright: Neil Styles...

England’s holy Atlantis

Our continuing coastline odyssey brings us to the Suffolk village that once boasted a cathedral, a Knights Templar preceptory, churches, chapels and monasteries. Today all bar two languish beneath the relentless waves of the North Sea...

Forged in fire

Until his visit to World Youth Day, Benedict XVI had given little insight on his thinking on the Holy Spirit. The Pope’s trip to Australia also opened a window on his thoughts on other religions...

Once and for all

The prayer this week is for Christian unity and is based on our one baptism into Christ, says Daniel McCarthy. It is this common baptism, rather than denominational affiliation, that defines who is in God’s Church...

Off-peak savings

Sunday Masses are always popular and busy, but it is the quieter services during the week, with their sense of space, that offer worshippers a unique opportunity for one-to-one spiritual conversation...

New dawn for red planet

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