Telling them apart: Thomas Becket and Thomas More

Sunday, December 29, 2019

Kristina Glicksman

Read about Thomas Becket and Thomas More: two Chancellors of England, each killed because they stood up for the Church against a king named Henry.

Ancient tradition and modern ecumenism: Our Lady of Walsingham

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Scott Harris

The story of Our Lady of Walsingham starts in medieval England. Read this blog to find out more about this Marian devotion and its importance to ecumenism.

Living in the land of martyrs

Friday, May 3, 2019

Kristina Glicksman

“Dungeon, fire, and sword” to me were a poetic allusion to adversity. I never thought to ask: “Which dungeon? What fire? Whose sword?” Until I lived in England.

Synod 2015: A Reflection from Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Salt + Light Media

The 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family concluded on Sunday with Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica. On Saturday, the relatio finale (final document) of the Synod was approved and given to Pope Francis. Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, Australia has been keeping a blog throughout the three-week journey, and in his final post he […]

Newman, Doctor of the Church? – Catholic Focus now online

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Kris Dmytrenko

As we count down the hours until Cardinal Newman’s beatification in Birmingham, England, it’s time to take a crash course in just who the Church is honouring. After all, this is the first Mass of beatification that Benedict XVI will personally celebrate during his pontificate. (While canonizations are held in the Vatican, the recent norm […]