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August 23, 2019
The Catholic Herald
Intelligence is not enough
there’s a huge difference between being bright and being wise, between brilliance and wisdom. we can be highly intelligent, but not very wis...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
I'm not surprised the secular Sunday Assembly didn't work out
once, you couldn’t move for people talking up the sunday assembly. these are secular gatherings, first held in london in 2013, which replica...
Melanie McDonagh
Heretic of the week: The Count of St Germain
the annals of heresy give one many strange figures to contemplate. but definitely in the running for the title of strangest of all is the bi...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0606
cryptic across 1 notice earth’s in turmoil in haydn’s piece (3,8) 8 enthusiastic type, before dull american put off half the continent (7) 9...
Alun Evans
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week iv sunday, august 18 : 20th sunday in ordinary time jer 38:4-6, 8-10; ps 40; heb 12:1-4; lk 12:49...
The Catholic Herald
How to… keep up with the lectionary
on september 30, the feast of st jerome, the bishops of england and wales will unveil a programme of events for the 2020 year of the word, w...
The Catholic Herald
Why we need good hymns
one of the legacies of my anglican background is a love of hymns. i am grateful for the rich tradition of hymn-writing and singing, which ha...
Fr Matthew Pittam
In Christ, all our hopes and longings will be satisfied
the collect for the 20th ordinary sunday, already in the 8th century gelasian sacramentary, is also in the 1962 missale romanum for the 5th ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Why Jesus says he brings fire to the earth
the 20th sunday of the year jer 38:4-6 & 8-10; heb 12:1-4; luke 12:49-53 (year c) "let jeremiah be put to death: he is unquestionably di...
Bishop David McGough
The malodorous politics behind Chanel No 5
chanel’s riviera: life, love and struggle for survival on the côte d’azur 1930-1944 by anne de courcy weidenfeld and nicolson, 304pp, £20/$2...
Ian Thomson
This vivid guide to cathedrals forgets what they were built for
ships of heaven: the private lives of britain’s cathedrals by christopher somerville doubleday, 352pp, £20/$39.95 this is the book in which ...
Michael Duggan
The popes who waged war
the pope’s army by john carr pen and sword military, 320pp, £25/$39.95 it remains a paradox, some might say a scandalous paradox, that the c...
Piers Paul Read
No chastity please, this is Amazon Prime
amazon’s prime’s the boys (8 episodes) has a contemporary setting, except for its superheroes and the fact that they’re an accepted part of ...
Carl Curtis
The world's oldest music festival continues to fascinate
christmas came early to gloucester last week where, on a sultry august day before an audience in summer shirts and sandals, the cathedral ga...
Michael White
Letters: I'm lucky to have access to both the old and new Mass
the best of both worlds sir – i am not young, but i am new in the catholic church. consequently, unlike francis beswick (letters, augus...
The Catholic Herald
Suddenly 'conspiracy theories' look all too plausible
much has been made in recent days of the prescient verisimilitude of stanley kubrick’s final film, eyes wide shut, which celebrated its 20th...
Sohrab Ahmari
The treasures of Catholic Texas
given the size of texas – it’s the second largest us state, and three times the size of the uk – opportunities abound for finding hidden tre...
James Jeffrey
Liturgy wars? Younger Catholics just want reverence
as a high church anglican who climbed fairly high up the candlestick, i developed a great appreciation for the ancient church at prayer. it ...
Fr Michael Rennier
My metaphysical friend is running for president
yet more americans have been killed in mass shootings: 22 in el paso, texas, and 10 in dayton, ohio. it’s senseless. i love america but this...
Tim Stanley
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