Priests vary on how they respond to requests for baptisms or church weddings from Catholics who do not go to Mass
Not everyone, though, is happy about the new text. For me it brings back a sense of the sacred
In his diary he says St Teresa of Avila’s autobiography must be ‘one of the greatest given to the world’
When women wear trousers, he wrote, it flattens out the natural distinction between the sexes
A friend has suggested I join the Pioneers, whose members abstain from alcohol for life as reparation for alcoholism
The belt of the Mother of God, believed by the Orthodox to have been worn by the Virgin Mary, has been brought to Russia from Mount Athos
No amount of reassuring chat can disguise his advice that we should keep deadly drugs in our sock drawer
Was Mother Teresa depressed and did Jesus commit suicide?
We easily forget those good priests whose reputations can be permanently tarnished by false accusations
What Mary Portas can teach us about evangelisation
Like high streets, the Church will have to change to revitalise