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On the Ninth Day of Christmas: Twelfth Cake revisited
would it be christmas without a dickensian flourish? pen volger introduces the predecessor of the traditional christmas cake, which was a tw...
Pen Vogler
Did Dahl even like children?
roald dahl: teller of the unexpected matthew dennison head of zeus, £20, 264 pages perhaps my favourite roald dahl story – and one not, alas...
Alexander Larman
Defenders of the Faith: The British Monarchy, Religion and the Next Coronation
catherine pepinster hodder and stoughton, £25, 352 pages on october 11, 1521 leo x con- ferred the title fidei defensor on henry viii for hi...
William Davage
January blues
my father and i have a long-running minor disagreement about which is the worst month. for me, it’s january. you’re back to work after chris...
Niall Gooch
Our Lady and the Holy Spirit
as the latest pew research census has shown that the catholic church is haemorrhaging people to pentecostalism in south america, it has to p...
Gavin Ashenden
The Story of the Wise Men continues to intrigue and inspire
snow really does bring out my inner imp. i’ve known it in wales, in london, in oxford, in the united states – the impulse to mischief has al...
Serenhedd James
Offering up our suffering helps us unite with Christ
i have a wonderful friend called anna whom i met at my local church about two years ago. i was new to the area and it was my first time at m...
Olenka Hamilton
On the Eighth Day of Christmas: Starting anew
on the solemnity of mary, mother of god, mother winsome sbvm reflects on the ups and downs of the community life that she has led since she ...
Mother Winsome
Benedict XVI: how my time as a humanitarian aid worker led me to his writings
in 2008 i returned to ireland after five years working around the world on international humanitarian programmes – in afghanistan, north kor...
Dualta Roughneen
'God wants the very best for you': Benedict XVI in the UK
alex dimminger (kneeling, in orange) was the youth delegate for the diocese of east anglia during benedict xvi’s visit to the united kingdom...
Alex Dimminger
Death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: Cardinal Nichols
the archbishop of westminster, cardinal vincent nichols, has issued the following statement on the death of pope emeritus benedict xvi. "i a...
The Catholic Herald
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: 1927-2022
it is anomalous that joseph ratzinger—who was pope benedict xvi from 2005 to 2013, and afterwards pope emeritus until his death at the vatic...
The Catholic Herald
Church mourns death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
the catholic church is today mourning the death today of pope emeritus benedict xvi. the 95-year-old german former pope died at 9.34 am loca...
Simon Caldwell
Diary: by William Stirling James
i have been reading of the oscar schindler-like exploits of my friend and herald director brooks newmark, who has not only taken in a ukrain...
William Stirling James
Long Christmas
a happy christmas to all our readers. you may think that this sentiment has somehow got displaced from the christmas issue, but it is in fac...
The Catholic Herald
On the Sixth Day of Christmas: Yuletide with PG Wodehouse
as the christmas octave continues, simon may takes an affectionate ecumenical look at plum wodehouse's treatment of the numerous anglican cl...
Simon May
Church in prayer for Benedict as new details emerge in Rome
vatican city : december 29, 2022 new details about pope emeritus benedict xvi’s condition have emerged following pope francis’s request yest...
Diana Montagna
On the Fifth Day of Christmas: Crown, sword and mitre
ben stephens reflects on the life, death, and afterlife of thomas becket, who rose to be henry ii’s lord chancellor and archbishop of canter...
Ben Stephens
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI under medical care as health takes sudden turn
vatican city, dec 28, 2022 the vatican confirmed wednesday that pope emeritus benedict xvi has experienced a sudden decline in his health, b...
Hannah Brockhaus
The Rupnik Scandal: the Jesuit must stand trial, says New York canonist
father marko rupnik at a private audience with pope francis at the apostolic palace on january 3, 2022 (vatican media) (rome) fr marko ...
Diana Montagna
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