The monastery of Mar Elian, destroyed by ISIS, was a beacon of inter-faith co-operation
A century from now Catholics are likely to be the country’s largest Christian body. But the priesthood, the Mass and the laity may look startlingly different to today
A sneak preview of this week’s magazine
Cilla’s funeral was always going to have a showbizzy flavour. But it needn’t have watered down Catholic tradition
That’s why I will be voting for Britain to stay in the European Union
Youth 2000 will celebrate 25 years this weekend in Walsingham
In Nazism, Hitler’s Minister for Propaganda discovered a malign alternative religion
Patrum is a social network for art that gives incredible access to the Vatican’s collection
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Michel Houellebecq’s stark warning to Europe’s Catholics
The French novelist’s vision chimes, in some ways, with Benedict XVI’s analysis of individualism and consumerism