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'We do not want pretty pictures': What Munch meant by the Scream
most people assume that the figure in edvard munch’s the scream is screaming. it’s not. it’s reacting to an event: “i felt a great scream pa...
David V Barrett
Letters & emails
no excuses for shunning the persecuted sir – john o’sullivan (cover story, april 5) refers to de facto discrimination by some governments ag...
The Catholic Herald
Bunnies, hats and parades: How Easter became a secular festival
the onset of easter – like that of christmas – always brings out a rush of nostalgia in me. but unlike the celebratory customs surrounding t...
Charles Coulombe
Everyone can find their place in the Stations of the Cross
the one enduring truth that i have come to know over the course of my life is that everybody has a cross to bear. you might never know what ...
Mary Kenny
What would the Passion sound like? Listen to Liszt's answer
it is in the approach to easter that our church’s musical life becomes richer than at any other time in the liturgical calendar. as jens f l...
David Oldroyd-Bolt
Benedict's statement lays bare the Church's divisions
benedict xvi’s decision to break his silence cannot have been made lightly. at the time of his resignation, the former pope announced his in...
Matthew Schmitz
A century ago, the war was our hidden national trauma. Today it's dementia
a hundred years ago britain was in trauma: there was hardly a family in the land that had not been left bereaved by the first world war. als...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Newman is a perfect companion for Holy Week
on good friday, as catholics piously walk the via crucis, many will pray the meditations of john henry newman – and not just because he is e...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Faith has never been at odds with science
silly claims about the conflict between science and religion come thick and fast, these days. we know them to be erroneous, but the history ...
Jonathan Wright
How to tell Christ from Antichrist
why is the risen christ still wounded? in the gospel of john, the apostle thomas states that he will not believe in the resurrection, “unles...
Fr Andrew Pinsent
Here's why I'm about to become a Catholic aged 17
this saturday, at the easter vigil, i will become a member of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church. at the age of 17, i will no long...
Jack Payne
Why won't the Orthodox pray with Francis in Bulgaria?
on may 5, pope francis begins a three-day trip to bulgaria. he will pray with members of the country’s catholic minority (who number around ...
Fr Mark Drew
As their freedoms disappear, how long can Hong Kong's Christians hold out?
on march 30, hundreds of hong kong christians prayed on a way of the cross march for nine activists facing jail after calling for democracy....
Benedict Rogers
Merton remains unignorable - and not because of his love affair
thomas merton looms large in the catholic imagination as the quintessentially post-vatican ii spiritual writer. that should tell us all we n...
Michael Warren Davis
A surprise resignation won't resolve Steubenville's tensions
the president of franciscan university of steubenville tendered his resignation on friday april 5, prompting a search for a new leader for a...
Jordan Bloom
The east London tower block with daily Adoration
every friday night an international group of sisters who live on the 13th floor of an east london tower block open their doors for a communi...
Bernadette Kehoe
The 'Year of the Word' will remind us of Benedict XVI's wisdom
in september, the bishops of england and wales will unveil a programme of events to mark the “year of the word”, to which 2020 will be dedic...
Simon Caldwell
Why has the global response to abuse been so sluggish?
the crisis of leadership in the catholic church resulting from the exposure of clerical sexual abuse and cover-up is protracted, pandemic an...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: From Managua to Mujiaping
steubenville, ohio president of franciscan university resigns fr sean sheridan has unexpectedly resigned as president of franciscan universi...
Staff writers
The week in quotations
"she will be leaving in weeks" pakistan prime minister imran khan on asia bibi bbc interview "the sign of peace, reduced in catholic masses ...
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