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Three is the magic number
a recurring topic of conversation among my jolly group of “mum friends” at the moment seems to be about whether or not to go for the third c...
Olenka Hamilton
Friends reunited
four things came to mind when a neighbour’s ceramic bird-feeder shot past my study window before disintegrating with a crash against the gar...
Serenhedd James
Are women philosophers different?
metaphysical animals: how four women brought philosophy back to life clare mac cumhaill and rachel wiseman chatto and windus, £25, 416 pages...
Gertrude Clarke
Pain and suffering in God’s broken world
"if you believe in a loving god, why do babies die of leukemia?” i’d never engaged seriously before with the question, but when faced with h...
Mark Dowd
The risen Christ in the four Gospels
when we think about easter, and particularly about the appearances of the post-resurrection christ, we are almost certainly going to be thin...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
Pray for peace in Ukraine
the pope could hardly be clearer about how he sees the war in ukraine. speaking in the vatican at the height of the russian attacks on mariu...
The Catholic Herald
Reigning cats and dogs
you mean ‘exhumation’.” “no, ‘excavation’.” “but a jawbone – that must be proof of some locked-up nun from the old days when they were up to...
Anthony Cazalet
A thoughtful tale but not a novel
julian barnes has always looked more like a french philosopher than an english novelist. with his latest novel, elizabeth finch, about an ex...
Sophia Waugh
Thinking with Roger Scruton
roger scruton was not a catholic. while this point is uncontested, his relation to christianity has become a point of contention. after his ...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
‘The Stripping of the Altars’, 30 years on
thirty years is a long shelf life for any historical work, and perhaps especially so for a historical work self-consciously designed as a ch...
Eamon Duffy
It is time for some self-reflection at Jesus College, Cambridge
life is filled with tragic juxtapositions. jk rowling writes stories that light up the lives of many, and uses her wealth to improve people’...
Nicholas Reed Langen
Odessa bishop claims Putin is "possessed by the Devil"
odessa, ukraine bishop stanislav shyrokoradiuk pulls no punches when asked about russian president putin's motivation for invading ukraine. ...
John Cookson
End war in Ukraine before it ends humanity, pleads Pope
pope francis has again lamented the war in ukraine and appealed for peace more than a month after russia’s invasion. “enough. stop it. silen...
Kevin-Jones
Pope Francis consecrates Russia and Ukraine to Immaculate Heart of Mary
pope francis has consecrated russia and ukraine to the immaculate heart of mary with a prayer asking for peace in the world. at the end of a...
Hannah Brockhaus
Westminster reports Tyburn Nuns to Vatican over refusal to accept jabs against coronavirus
tyburn convent could face a vatican investigation after a majority of the nuns refused to accept vaccinations against covid-19. the enclosed...
Simon Caldwell
Exhibition review: The World of Stonehenge
there is a certain apophatic quality to the world of stonehenge at the british museum, which is defined by the absence at its ce...
Serenhedd James
Aid to the Church in Need appoints new UK director
the uk office of a charity helping persecuted and other suffering christians has announced the appointment of its new chief executive. ...
Staff Reporter
Pope urges Catholics to take part in consecration of Russia to Immaculate Heart of Mary
pope francis has written a letter asking all catholics to assemble in their parishes on friday to pray the act of consecration of the world,...
Courtney Mares
Pope visits Ukrainian refugee children in Rome hospital
pope francis has made a surprise visit to ukrainian refugee children being treated in the bambino gesù children's hospital in rome. the chil...
Courtney Mares
"Everything is in God's hands now," says Ukrainian priest
lviv, ukraine. i met with father nesto kysyk the same morning four russian cruise missiles slammed into a military aircraft hangar on the ed...
John Cookson
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