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Poetry and science are both rooted in imagination
the poetry and music of science by tom mcleish oup, 384pp, £25/$35 this book attracted my eye because i combine my role as a science columni...
Quentin de la Bedoyere
Is Protestantism the gateway to secularism?
permanent revolution by james simpson belknap, 464pp, £25.95/$35 the reformation is often depicted as the cradle of many excellent ideas: th...
Jonathan Wright
Aretha Franklin, witness to the Gospel
in january 1972, aretha franklin travelled to los angeles to join her good friend pastor james cleveland and the southern california communi...
Deal Hudson
The apocalyptic vision of my friend Les Murray
when les murray received an honorary d litt degree from the university of new england in 1990, he began his acceptance speech in an unusual ...
Karl Schmude
Letters & emails
letter of the week a saint's plea to a young shakespeare sir – joseph pearce (arts, may 10) writes of the jesuit martyr st robert southwell ...
The Catholic Herald
We're rubbish at saving food
i am ashamed of a process that i go through every weekend, as i put out the sunday night rubbish bins to be emptied on monday mornings. what...
Mary Kenny
How St Benedict's abbey survived Goths, Saracens and Nazis
‘next time you invade italy, don’t start at the bottom.” that was the post-war puckish advice to a british officer from the german general i...
Allan Mallinson
Women deacons and the Church's confusion
last week pope francis disappointed advocates for the ordination of women. his previous statements on the death penalty and communion for th...
Matthew Schmitz
How Jean Vanier changed my life
i first met jean vanier in the unlikely surroundings of the boardroom at goldman sachs. he was a large man, completely at ease in the corpor...
Rosa Monckton
The new abuse law is the biggest reform since 2001
pope francis has long argued that a thoroughgoing response to sexual abuse requires a conversion of heart and of ecclesial culture, rather t...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Will Pakistan's blasphemy laws ever be reformed?
“because of cases in which people are falsely accused of blasphemy, the whole of pakistani society is suffering. many people would say we ar...
John Pontifex
How Britain failed Asia Bibi
at last, asia bibi is free. six months after her acquittal on a trumped-up charge of blasphemy, the pakistani government has confirmed that ...
David Alton
Diary: Don't dismiss punctuality as a minor virtue
in budapest last weekend, i loved the collision of architectural styles: onion-domed churches from the east; classical palaces from italy; t...
Harry Mount
Why a papal press conference 'upset the faithful' in Croatia
when the pope mentioned the projected canonisation of a communist-era cardinal, the reactions demonstrated the passions still surrounding th...
Jonathan Luxmoore
Church officials disagree over the EU's future
as voters across europe prepare to elect a new european parliament, bishops have urged continued support for the european union against a cu...
Jonathan Luxmoore
'Censorship zones prevent real choice': the battle over pro-life vigils
when richmond council became the second local authority to impose a “buffer zone” around an abortion clinic, it set aside £100,000 of taxpay...
Simon Caldwell
The proof of the pudding is in Buffalo
an interesting question in the wake of pope francis’s reform of reporting law and bishop accountability measures is: who will be first? in t...
Christopher R. Altieri
Will the new abuse law work in practice?
pope francis introduced reform legislation last week requiring all clerics and religious – men and women – to report abuse, cover-up, or sus...
Christopher R. Altieri
World News: from Buenos Aires to Bhopal
philadelphia pro-lifers rally after ‘shame on you’ videos a series of videos by a pennsylvania politician has prompted more than 1,000 pro-l...
Staff writers
Meanwhile... Cardinal climbs down manhole
a polish cardinal has provoked anger from italy’s deputy prime minister after climbing down a manhole to restore electricity to a state-owne...
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