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Rediscovering a Gothic genius: the V&A's great Pugin exhibition, thirty years on
on 15 june 1994, an exhibition opened at london’s victoria and albert museum devoted to the life and work of augustus welby northmore pugin....
Paul Atterbury
Pope Francis makes surprise appearance on BBC’s Thought for the Day
pope francis today featured as the unexpected narrator for the bbc’s well-known religious-themed thought for the day radio segment, during w...
The Catholic Herald
Trite Christmas: back to the future with the corny playlists of our youth
”strange how potent cheap music is,” muses amanda in noël coward’s private lives . how perfectly this encapsulates the way i feel the first ...
Flora Watkins
Rachel weeping for her children: the truth, power and lesson of the Holy Innocents
then herod, seeing that he had been made fun of by the magi, was very angry indeed. and he sent and destroyed all the male children who were...
Fr Nicholas King SJ
A man for all seasons: Newman's sermons are perfect for the Year of Hope
festivals in faith: sermons for the liturgical year by st john henry newman edited by melinda nielsen the cenacle press, £24.00 “our saviour...
Simon Caldwell
Christian homes razed in Bangladesh
mumbai, india – at least 17 houses belonging to the christian tripura community were allegedly set ablaze on christmas eve night in bandarba...
Nirmala Carvalho
The joyous challenge of Christmas is to see each person we meet as a small child of God
when he brings the first-born into the world, he says, 'let all god's angels worship him .' (hebrews 1:6) the reading from the letter ...
Fr David Howell
The Pigeon Whisperer of Westminster Cathedral
behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither gather in barns; yet your heavenly father feedeth them . (matth...
John McEwen
Caribbean Christmas: the islands' jaunty calypso carol tradition bears a moral message alongside the rum
highly rhythmic, jaunty calypso music that originated in trinidad and tobago during the early 1800s, and spread to the rest of the caribbean...
Benjamin Ivry
Christmas comes with all its joys and sorrows, and its unwavering promise of hope
christmas afternoon at last; finally a lull in proceedings in which to share a quiet moment with our readers. the holy father has delivered ...
Serenhedd James
Christmas begins: Pope Francis opens the Holy Door at St Peter's Basilica ahead of the 2025 Year of Jubilee
rome - pope francis has initiated the christmas celebrations in rome by opening the holy door at st peter’s basilica in anticipation of the ...
Crux Staff
The Christian message in 'Red One'
red one is this year’s family christmas blockbuster in which santa is "kidnapped" and must be rescued (by a tracker from the naughty list) i...
Katherine Bennett
'Things have changed since Mum died. What's wrong with me?' One of the Herald's chaplains offers advice
concerned catholic : my mother and i were very close. as the unmarried daughter living nearby, i saw most of her during her old age. we went...
The Catholic Herald
Pro-Palestinian protest disrupts Mass at Dublin Cathedral
the 11 a.m. mass at st. mary's pro-cathedral in dublin was disrupted by a pro-palestinian protest on sunday. videos circulating online show ...
Thomas Edwards
Lord Mayor of Westminster receives Papal honour
the lord mayor of westminster is to become a papal knight – the highest single honour that can be bestowed on a lay catholic by the vatican....
The Catholic Herald
A Christmastide Requiem for my Great Uncle Bulgaria
jonathan roberts was known as “the knight of the stihl”, after his beloved german tractor mower that he spent hours on mowing the grass of o...
William Cash
What are we to make of Trump's choice of a 'pope critic' as ambassador to the Holy See?
rome – famously, von clausewitz defined war as “the continuation of politics by other means”. to hear some people tell it, president-elect d...
John L Allen
The Children's Society should spare us the sanctimony and wash Welby's money clean
the subject of tainted money has broken out on to the public stage once again. not long ago the then archbishop justin welby had become conv...
Gavin Ashenden
'Blessed are you among women'
"he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the lord" (micah 5:4) micah’s prophecy of jesus in sunday’s first reading looks fo...
Fr David Howell
Casual sex and other pathways to diabolical possession
the exorcist files: true stories about the reality of evil and how to defeat it by fr carlos martins hodder and stoughton, £18 “people ask m...
Simon Caldwell
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