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Dr John Barton's favourite book of the Bible: Ecclesiasticus
john barton speaks out for an undervalued and little-read wisdom book of the old testament . ‘let us now praise famous men.” these words, fr...
Dr John Barton
To Leslie, reviewed by Julia Hamilton
andrea riseborough as a recovering alcoholic is the best thing about to leslie, says julia hamilton. in her latest film, to leslie, andrea r...
Julia Hamilton
Rational enquiries: a Dominican friar meets a theoretical physicist
robert verrill op meets carlo rovelli, the italian theoretical physicist whose latest book latest book challenges monotheistic faith. it see...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Vatican II: Angels and devils on our shoulders
shaun blanchard reflects on the ‘very short introduction’ to vatican ii . a few years ago, in those halcyon days before the pandemic, i sat ...
Shaun Blanchard
Mary Magdalene: A Cultural History, by Philip C Almond
mary magdalene: a cultural history philip c almond cambridge university press, £30, 386 pages ‘will the real mary magdalene please stand up?...
Alexander Faludy
Enough: Scenes from Childhood, by Stephen Hough
enough: scenes from childhood stephen hough faber & faber, £18.99, 272 pages in this cautiously loving book we are drawn deeply into ste...
James Davy
A Guide to John Henry Newman: His Life and Thought, edited by Juan R Vélez
a guide to john henry newman: his life and thought juan r vélez (ed) catholic university of america press,$75, 448 pages just when you thoug...
Catherine Maybanks
Feast and Fast: Dominican friar offers his recipe whilst delighting in the scents and tastes he associates with Holy Week
holy week and easter have been at the heart of my growth in the faith. from my late teenage years as a progressively more arch and spiky ang...
Albert Robertson OP
The Catholic churches of Surrey
surrey is a small and hilly county within easy reach of london. in the mid-18th century, the writer arthur young condemned its communication...
Michael Hodges
Byrd is the word: The old faith of England is this year’s focus of The Sixteen
the old faith of england is this year’s focus of the sixteen, finds serenhedd james . a wise, sharp-eyed owl peers out from the programme of...
Serenhedd James
Music for the Masses: Dave Brubeck and Catholicism
benjamin ivry looks at the ways the us jazz composer dave brubeck explored catholicism through his music in his 60-year career. the american...
Benjamin Ivry
Beauty in the eye of the beholder: The Ugly Duchess in the National Gallery
you know the feeling: you meet someone out of context, know you know them, but you can’t quite place who they are or where they’re from. i d...
Helen Robinson
The successes, and failures, of Pope Francis
just over 10 years ago, jorge mario bergoglio stood on the balcony of st peter’s and said simply to the crowd, “buona sera”. it was the begi...
The Catholic Herald
NHS pays £10K compensation to chaplain sacked after upholding Catholic marriage teaching
a london nhs trust has settled a discrimination case with a catholic chaplain who was ousted for answering questions from a patient on a psy...
Simon Caldwell
Nashville massacre of Christians shows the sexual revolution is turning more violent
the recent shooting in nashville, tennessee, a desperate enough tragedy in its own terms, is provoking a wider cultural assault that i...
Gavin Ashenden
Jordan Peterson, politics, and Christian conversion
the twitter account of pope francis is almost certainly run by well-meaning officials who post well-meaning tweets in his name, intended to ...
Gavin Ashenden
After Impressionism: encountering my inner Philistine at London's National Gallery
le singe est dans l’arbre. the state visit to france was cancelled in the wake of protests at the very idea - quelle horreur - that the fren...
Serenhedd James
The empty tomb of the risen Lord?
there are two distinct sets of stories in the gospels about the resurrection of jesus. the one set, about which i wrote last year, concern t...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
Abuse expert leaves Vatican commission for protection of minors, citing concerns
jesuit father hans zollner, an internationally-renowned expert in protecting children and vulnerable adults from clerical sex abuse, has res...
Hannah Brockhaus
Bishop Erik Varden and Kim Samuel on community and belonging in the post-COVID world
i cannot now remember the number of times that i have sat in the sheldonian theatre in oxford, wearing an academic gown of either red or bla...
Serenhedd James
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