'Why Audrey Hepburn was a real star'

After Emma Thompson criticised Hepburn as not having been able to act or sing, Frederic Raphael has leaped to Audrey’s defence, and offers...

We commemorate the horrific martyrdom of St. Philomena this day, August 10th

St. Philomena was beheaded on the 10th of August , but we celebrate her feast day tomorrow the 11th of August.

The epic task of finding respectable clothes for little girls, when the shops stock such ‘tarty’ dresses

Recently padded bikinis aimed at young children were removed from Primark; the selling of such ‘sexy’ clothing to little girls was called ...

"Stop calling me pro-abortion! I'm pro-choice!"

‘It’s rude to call me ‘pro-abortion’, you should know by now, I mean you’ve known me for long enough, that I’m….’ cue self-satisfied smile...

Novena in honour of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary..better late than never

From reading Ecumenical Diablog , I learned of a novena that Priests for Life are circulating. The novena was officially meant to start on ...

Reflections on the First Saturday Devotions

At this time of writing, I have almost completed my First Saturday Devotions. At Mass, my intention was to offer reparation for many frien...

Us Catholics and our 'hideous tat'

Earlier this week The Catholic Herald (online version) ran an article ‘no one does hideous tat quite like us Catholics’ . I’m still laughi...