When the Pope visits Britain this coming September, John Henry Newman - a leading Anglican and founding figure of the Oxford Movement who converted to Rome - will be beatified, the first English saint since the 17th century.This portrait of a saint in the making is based on Newman's great poem, The ... (more)

The celebration of the Latin or Tridentine mass, otherwise known as the Extraordinary Form, is an increasingly common practice in Roman Catholic churches throughout the world. Once the only rite in use which Catholics around the world knew from childhood, its usage ended with the Second Vatican Coun... (more)

This is a quality prayer book in the tradition of Catholic primers and devotional manuals. For each day of the year there is a scripture reading and an inspiring example from the lives of the many men and women in history who have made holiness visible lead into prayers of thanksgiving and intercess... (more)

Bible people are included here by their main groupings: prophets, kings, patriarchs, judges, apostles, the friends of Jesus, figures in the early church, people whom Jesus healed, children in the Bible, and the unnamed figures - like the woman at the well or the rich young ruler - who recieved a spe... (more)