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En Vacances en Normandie
the region has a wealth of former monastic buildings, some in ruins but some whose churches still survive. the history of the duchy of norm-...
Michael Hodges
Feast and fast: an August meal
august – the month of our blessed lady’s assumption, but also the month of les grandes vacances! so here is an idea recently tested in that ...
Sam Marsden
Saved by the Bible
a royal visit to a bookbindery, whose fortunes have been turned around. june 27 was a momentous day for a small bookbinding factory on an&nb...
Charlotte Metcalf
Painted Love in Bath, Somerset
the marriage portraits at an exhibition in bath not only capture a likeness, but contain much symbolism, says katherine cole . walk through ...
Katherine Cole
Gwen John gives room for reflection
gwen john comes into her own at this excellent show at pallant house, finds gertrude clark . gwen john is invariably – and inevitably – desc...
Gertrude Clarke
The Miracle Club: reviewed by Julia Hamilton
julia hamilton finds this film set in 1960s ireland baffling and dissatisfying. reconciliation is a tough gig, is the message of the miracle...
Julia Hamilton
Summer reading at the Catholic Herald
the herald’s guide to which books to pack when heading off for the summer. whether they’re packing their passports or just looking forward t...
The Catholic Herald
South of the River at Southwark Cathedral
did you know that the cathedral of the archbishop of southwark, who has jurisdiction over the part of greater london which lies south of the...
Serenhedd James
The Fernández kiss of death?
this controversial appointment could lead to more headaches at the vatican. the appointment of archbishop víctor manuel fernández as the new...
Diana Montagna
Entropy may not be such a bad thing
we all have order and disorder in our lives – and in the universe. back in march, i gave my room a good spring clean. since then, diso...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
The Church has a part to play in preserving culture, the arts and sciences
the 400th anniversary of the death of william byrd, the great english composer of polyphonic sacred music, fell on july 4. on that day cardi...
Niall Gooch
The right not to say what you don’t believe
the supreme court’s ruling is pro-freedom of speech, not anti-gay. in late june, before adjourning until the next october term, the supreme ...
Ken Craycraft
What World Youth Day means to Australians
this week, many hundreds of thousands of young people have gathered in lisbon, portugal for world youth day. some 3,000 australians are amon...
Anthony Cleary
The Church did not fail Sinéad O'Connor, modern Ireland did
in its 2022 report on human rights in afghanistan, amnesty international summarises the situation which would not be unfamiliar to most peop...
Dualta Roughneen
Ireland is still an intimate, close-knit society, despite the changes over the last few years
‘mind you – i’ve said nothing’, says mary kenny . in 1953, the satirical writer and novelist honor tracy published a book about ireland call...
Mary Kenny
US Catholic Schools performed better in the pandemic than state schools
despite their high success rate, catholic schools in the us are struggling for funding – and for survival – says jamie macguire . according ...
James MacGuire
Is Pope Francis stacking the deck for the next conclave?
are we reading too much into pope francis’s upcoming consistory, which could influence the choice of his successor, asks john h allen jr . r...
John Allen
Diary: by Fr Anthony Robbie
summer may be warming the children of the north at this time of year, but it is a very different story here by bondi beach in new south wale...
Fr Anthony Robbie
Letter from the Editor: Concerns over Synod and Conclave
the next two years are going to be as important for the church as the years of vatican ii in the 1960s, during which time the catholic heral...
William Cash
Summer spiritual reading
this is the month when many of our readers go on holiday – and it seems likely that, given the blistering temperatures predicted in europe t...
The Catholic Herald
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