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Galileo is not the atheists’ posterboy
in our generation the myth that faith and science are incompatible – meaning that no intelligent person should believe in god – has been pus...
Gavin Ashenden
Christians can believe in miracles
on february 11 the church keeps the feast of our lady of lourdes, commemorating the day in 1858 when the 14-year-old bernadette soubirous ha...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
‘His heart beat with the love of Christ’
rome and the world bid farewell to cardinal george pell, as close to a thousand mourners from across the globe, including cardinals and arch...
Diana Montagna
Encountering two real-life Vicar of Dibleys – am I a religious snob?
about a year ago i made the rather (in retrospect) strange decision to put my name forward to become a local community councillor. it’s a lo...
Olenka Hamilton
The hope of the Church: Benedict XVI and the path to recovery
in 1969, while he was a professor of theology at the university of regensburg, fr joseph ratzinger gave a radio address in germany, asking “...
Ken Craycraft
The Incarnation and the Crucifixion are woven together at Candlemas
as it is often noted, christmas seems to begin earlier and earlier every year: certain newspapers can be almost guaranteed to have a letter ...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
When Anglican architects built Catholic churches
as a general rule in the 19th century, and to a slightly lesser extent afterwards, anglican churches tended to be built by anglican architec...
Michael Hodges
The American playwright Christopher Durang may help us understand
the news that the american catholic playwright christopher durang has been diagnosed with aphasia and is retiring from theatrical activity m...
Benjamin Ivry
Is it time to set up a suitable sanctuary for our few remaining relics?
the queues for the relics of st bernadette last autumn were somewhat shorter than for the earthly remains of queen elizabeth ii. the impress...
Lucien de Guise
The onset of Lent calls for some flexibility in the kitchen
there is a fashion in the secular world for something called “dry january”. just 31 days without alcohol, in part to make up for all the exc...
Sam Marsden
Patrick Kavanagh: Poet in the twilight
‘every old man i see / in october-coloured weather / seems to say to me: ‘i was once your father’.” wake forest university press – as part o...
Nick Ripatrazone
Religion and the Rise of Sport in England, by Hugh McLeod
religion and the rise of sport in england hugh mcleod oxford university press, £30, 304 pages a visitor from 200 years ago, landing in engla...
Dr Mark Chapman
The Word: On the Translation of the Bible, by John Barton
the word: on the translation of the bible john barton allen lane, £25, 320 pages the tricky business of translating sacred scripture from th...
John Ritzema
Climate alarmism is profoundly un-Christian
in answer to a question thrown at me more than once, and only occasionally with accompanying rotten fruit, “yes, i do call myself a christia...
Katherine Bennett
Lords back abortion buffer zone amendment to turn prayer into 'thought crime'
the house of lords has backed the national roll out of buffer zones around abortion clinics in a move which could turn private and silent pr...
Simon Caldwell
Letter from the Editor: Remembering Benedict XVI at Cambridge
the deaths of pope emeritus benedict xvi and cardinal george pell have been great losses to those who remain faithful to traditional catholi...
William Cash
St Brigid: the latest victim of cancel culture in Ireland
february 1 marks the feast of st. brigid in ireland, a day most people in the country grew up with as the second most-important "irish" sain...
Dualta Roughneen
How Bruce Springsteen helped me grieve for my father
in the late summer and early autumn of 2021, i knew my father was approaching his last days on this earth. inspired by the soothi...
Beth Amorosi
Vatican abuse inquiry into Hexham and Newcastle will cause 'pain and shame', says Archbishop
catholics of the diocese in the spotlight of a vatican abuse inquiry were warned yesterday to brace themselves for a period of “pain and sha...
Simon Caldwell
Notebook from Lourdes: the role of Catholic journalists today
three days were set aside for the 26 th meeting of catholic journalists - the catholic media federation's international day of saint f...
Tom Colsy
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