I’ve had the loveliest Christmas…

I felt called to stay in London for Christmas and I’ve been enjoying the festivities with my housemates who are Indian and Latin American ...

For Unto Us a Child is Born - Handel Messiah - Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Vatican's 10 top stories of 2011 - in under 4 minutes

#8 The Pope's Visit to Africa, where he is greeted by hordes of young people singing and dancing to welcome him. Interesting that the se...

Let's take the road before us and sing a chorus or two...

Padre Pio’s favourite painting of Our Lady: its Christmas significance

This depiction of Our Lady of Grace is painted on the wall and ceiling behind the altar in the church of San Giovanni Rotondo, where Padre P...

The poisoned friendship of St Thomas Becket and Henry II, as portrayed in the film Becket

The film Becket has its flaws; not least the fact that the title leaves out the word 'saint', meaning that someone could think that ...

Although it's been said many times, many ways...

Of all the soaps in all of London… St Anthony found this one for me…

St Anthony found soap for me? You must think that I’ve lost it. You might think that I’m a Sense and Sensibility short of a whole set of J...

Pavarotti - Adeste Fideles

I think that I prefer the Pavarotti version to the Andrea Bocelli one . Which do you prefer?

Andrea Bocelli - Adeste Fideles

Have you met 10 Amazing Catholics of 2011?

1. Shahbaz Bhatti On March 2 masked men sprayed Shahbaz Bhatti’s car with bullets as he left his mother’s home. Shahbaz, a brilliant lawyer ...

The Clancy Bros at Christmas

Mulier Fortis could swing her cats to this. And Rocco Palmo could practise his Irish language skills; Rocco is quite the fan of the Irish la...

Happy Christmas - Nollaig Shona daoibhse

'Nollaig Shona daoibhse' - Happy Christmas to you all! May the Divine Son and the Blessed Virgin Mary pour upon you the richest Chri...

When you rejoice in the birth of the Christ Child, please pray for this fighting-for-his-life six inch baby

I promised an update on the Catholic lady – a good friend of a journalism colleague – who had been planning to have an abortion after learn...

The forbidden word...

Courtesy of The Daily Telegraph , I learned that Members of the US House of Representatives have been banned from using ‘Merry Christmas...

Santa's Identity Crisis

Have yourself a merry little Christmas...

A 21 year-old Judy Garland stars in Meet me in St Louis. Margaret O'Brien who plays Tootie won an Oscar for her portrayal of the child w...

From Padre Pio's handwritten diary - Jesus's newborn cries were "the first ransom for our redemption"

"Far into the night, at the coldest time of the year, in a chilly grotto, more suitable for a flock of beasts than for humans, the pr...

Christmas blog make-over. Envy of Mr Frost's web design.

May I ask what you think of the new Christmas template that I've just added? The majority of the templates that I've seen are like c...

The holly and the ivy...