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Christmas quiz
the following questions are presented as crossword clues. some, including the one that appears three times, have more than one possible answ...
Nick Thomas
Like physicists, we're looking for a theory of everything
it was gratifying to learn that my favourite delicacy as a child, caramel-coated popcorn called cracker jack, is still being sold. each box ...
Fr George Rutler
I grew up in Mum and Dad's sweetshop. It was as magical as it sounds
christmas, as we know, is a time for reflection: a chance to recall years gone by, and to wallow for a few precious hours in our own remembr...
Michael Simkins
Both English and cosmopolitan: the glory of Farm Street Church
this has been an anniversary year for the jesuits’ church at farm street in london – july 31 marked the 175th anniversary of the laying of t...
Stephen Withnell
Digital detoxes rarely work. Here are ten things that do
i wonder how many people will wake up on christmas morning to find some new piece of tech in their stocking? i won’t, and not just because i...
Sister Catherine Wybourne
Gavin Ashenden: Why I'm becoming a Catholic
in the early 1980s, as a young anglican priest i became a smuggler. i crossed the iron curtain with bibles, books and medicines for orthodox...
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Traffic jams, Christmas trees and banana beer: December in Kinshasa
christmas is in the air in kinshasa. giant illuminated christmas trees stand in front of hotels and big supermarkets owned by indian, lebane...
Antoine Roger Lokongo
Democracy is in retreat – but heroic activists are emerging
jesus christ was a refugee who grew up to become a dissident. of course he is much more than that – he is god incarnate, emmanuel – but as w...
Benedict Rogers
Milan Kundera and the long argument with 'home'
it has been a long road back: the author milan kundera, perhaps the most famous living czech, recently had his citizenship restored to him a...
Jenny McCartney
'The ways deep, the weather sharp': A journey in the Magi's footsteps
as a child i found it hard to believe that the world east of bethlehem was real at all. this was a region where fire might fall from heaven ...
Peter Hitchens
The undefeated light: Joseph Ratzinger on the true meaning of Christmas
this christmas reflection by joseph ratzinger was first published in the bavarian catholic journal hochland (1959/60: 97–100). it has been t...
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The Christmas liturgy takes us to the centre of time
even if the celebration of many masses on the same sunday may be an ordinary experience for many parish priests too often, christmas, with i...
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Melissa Villalobos: My encounter with 'the world we do not see'
this year showed that seven words saved two lives. in fact, one of the saved lives went on to give birth to two more people. thus, seven wor...
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Learning the faith can begin with little traditions
"why did you choose theology?” that’s usually one of the first questions i get in job interviews. over the last months of job hunting, i hav...
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I have one thing in common with Scrooge
it’s often said that the christmas we celebrate is the christmas brought to us by charles dickens, and most particularly, the ever-popular s...
Mary Kenny
A culture of 'openness' has bred dark fears and constant outrage
in early december i leapt across the pond for a short visit to the great capital city of england. even in inward-looking america we were awa...
R.R. Reno
Is Boris the best we can hope for?
what are christians to make of boris johnson and his spanking new majority? it depends, of course, on your politics. i know plenty of christ...
Tim Stanley
Kerala's radiant Catholicism
last month, pope francis and i were airborne over asia together. in the air at the same time, but on different planes going in opposite dire...
Fr Raymond de Souza
'You couldn't help but be moved spiritually': Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce interviewed
in a variety of rooms, gardens and religious and historical sites in and around rome, two elderly men walk, talk, dispute and, eventually, u...
Gabrielle Donnelly
Mary Killen: Watching TV as a job is surprisingly tiring
i enjoyed the catholic herald’s carol service in st james’s, spanish place. my older friend anne and i were in a pew next to a handsome, pal...
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