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Omnium Gatherum
the image’s deceptive simplicity is of an order accomplished only by a master. brown ink pen strokes. brown wash. traces of black lead. the ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
The Word this week
the christmas story, as related in the gospels, furnishes the background for memories that reach back to childhood. few of us, either as chi...
Bishop David McGough
Entertainment right down to the footnotes - the best books of 2018
i haven’t been able to shake patricia byrne’s the preacher and the prelate (merrion press, 258pp, £13.99/$24.99) from my mind since reading ...
Michael Duggan
Nine books that will lift your spirits
it is always a fascinating exercise to look back over the year and try to select the most memorable books reviewed. why this book and not th...
Francis Phillips
2018 was a good year to be a book reviewer. Here's why
not all book reviewers are as despondent and sore oppressed as the one depicted by orwell in a bleak essay. some of us, after years in the g...
Allan Massie
Musical magic in Ludlow
anybody interested in english song will know the shropshire town of ludlow as the place where “lads in their hundreds ... come in for the fa...
Michael White
The explosive and enigmatic stained glass of Harry Clarke
where the imagery of christmas is concerned, i am an old fogey. i like to be surrounded by cards bearing paintings of the holy family by old...
Michael Duggan
How to feast like a medieval Catholic
"good day, sir christmas, our king!” proclaims an english carol of the 15th century, welcoming the beginning of the christmas season, and te...
Eleanor Parker
The hammer that laid Europe’s foundations
as europe passed the poignant milestone of november 11, it could have escaped no one’s attention what inspired the project to unite the cont...
Ed West
Cardinal Nichols's Christmas message to Catholic Herald readers
central to our faith is our belief in 'the holy catholic church'. it was this that pope francis chose to emphasise in his closing remarks at...
Cardinal Vincent Nichols
How the Diocese of Shrewsbury is creating a springtime of vocations
spring can seem far off in these darkest days of our year. yet at christmas, the days are already imperceptibly growing longer and brighter....
Bishop Mark Davies
‘Beauty can lead to faith’ – an interview with the director of the Vatican Museums
barbara jatta, the first woman to direct the vatican museums in their 512-year history, says that she grew up amid the smells of solvent. he...
Desmond O'Grady
My marathon church tour
on a recent sunday, i went to three church services and a synagogue – all in one morning. well, to be honest, i went to little bits of three...
Harry Mount
Christmas Quiz
this light-hearted entertainment involves 13 clues whose solutions, when rearranged, lead to an answer consisting of two seasonal lines. it ...
Nick Thomas
It’s been a bad year for human rights. But there are still reasons to hope
"the people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” with those words ...
Benedict Rogers
If you're sick of Christmas commercialisation, try focusing on those less fortunate
so christmas is here again; that brief time each year when, for a few short weeks, we put away our petty enmities, forgive our neighbours th...
Michael Simkins
The plot to depose Henry VIII
if a zealous priest called gregory botolph had guarded his tongue more carefully in holy week of 1540, england might well be a catholic coun...
Jack Scarisbrick
Where next for Ukraine's new Orthodox Church?
urgent restoration work is under way at st sophia cathedral in kiev. with its stunning 11th-century frescoes and mosaics, it is here that th...
Konstantin von Eggert
Northern Ireland's lesson for Brexit Britain
a depressing phenomenon has occurred in the years since britain voted to leave the european union back in june 2016. the national argument h...
Jenny McCartney
Ukrainian Catholic leader welcomes head of new independent Orthodox church
the head of the ukrainian catholic church has welcomed the election of a leader for the country's new independent orthodox church. in kiev o...
Jonathan Luxmoore
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