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Scotland's Spiritual Isle

William Cash travels to the holy island of Iona where celebrating Mass today owes much to the mother of Princess Diana

when the remains of several dozen butchered bodies were dug up in iona, not far from the village port – after being found by 20th-century sc...

Architecture’s  Charles Ryder

William Cash on the talented Catholic post-war architect Philip Jebb, whose  most famous commission in Berkeley Square was born 60 years ago

had it not been for the genius of philip jebb, london’s most famous 20th-century nightclub, annabel’s, originally at 44 berkeley square, mig...

The miracle of St Fillan

William Cash on how his archaeologist  uncle’s mental health was restored thanks to  prayer – and mowing duties – to St Fillan

who is the patron saint of mental illness? we hear much today about the need to help the mentally ill, dejected and depressed. but for those...

Profiting from Penance

The saintly appeal of Thomas Becket in our secular world mirrors that of the revival of walking pilgrimages. Both, at least, are good for business

the new british museum show, thomas becket: murder and the making of a saint , reveals the religious propaganda machine that existed to myth...

Brothers in alms

William Cash visits the Hospital of St Cross and finds that  the 12th-century almshouse is seeking new members

the entrance to the hospital of st cross, next to the st cross symondians cricket club on the outskirts of winchester, is tucked away down a...

On the way to Walsingham

Taking an Easter pilgrimage to the Holy Shrine of “England’s Nazareth” in Norfolk

i suppose it was seeing the sign advertising “raw milk for sale” in the little farm shop at binham priory that made me realise why walking t...

Farewell to Alms

A visit to an almshouse gives pause to remember three friends recently passed, and how best to mourn them

i recently visited the hospital of st cross and almshouse of noble poverty, where i was met in the porter’s lodge by the master, the rev ter...

Speed demons

William Cash on the religious secret of many of the world’s greatest racing drivers

do catholics, with their “special relationship” with death, make for faster and better racing drivers? is it just a coincidence that most of...

A Pope for our times

William Cash admires John Cornwell's latest book, Church, Interrupted: Havoc & Hope: The Tender Revolt of Pope Francis

one of the things one looks forward to when opening a john cornwell book on the latest civil war battle in the church, or a new papal portra...

Diary: St Peter's has become a cathedral of selfie-dom

i wasn’t able to attend the prayer vigil in the basilica di santa maria maggiore before the canonisation of john henry newman in rome as our...

A meeting with my 'cousin', Rosanne Cash

the travel group thomas cook, which went into compulsory liquidation this week, may have invented mass tourism, but it failed to embrace tec...

Diary: What should the Vatican do now with Castel Gandolfo?

with the summer heat in rome almost unbearable, i’ve been following the saga of pope francis’s rejection of his various summer residences – ...

My grandfather's D-Day sacrifice

on the morning of june 6, while theresa may, president macron, and elderly veterans attended the unveiling of the new british normandy memor...

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William Cash