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Unrelentingly ominous but essential
in the year of 1259, after a run of bad weather in italy, harvests failed and famine spread across the peninsula. thousands of religious fan...
John Cornwell
Building on past triumphs
dr robinson regaled us with the first volume of his memoirs ( grass seed in june ) as far back as 2006. with becoming modesty he has kept us...
Michael Hodges
Ever so slightly off-key
of the first-rank composers within the generally accepted pantheon, three took holy orders in the roman catholic church: monteverdi, vivaldi...
Jonathan Gaisman
The son-in-law also rises
henry ‘chips’ channon: the diaries (volume 2): 1938-43 by chips channon edited by simon heffer hutchinson, £35, 1,120 pages ________ this do...
Nicky Haslam
Stilted but endearing
silverview by john le carré penguin viking, £20.00, 208 pages ________ posthumous novels are rarely a good idea. a great writer’s literary e...
Charles Cumming
Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, former Anglican Bishop of Rochester, joins the Catholic Church
a high-profile anglican bishop has joined the catholic church in what has been described as “one of the most politically significant convers...
Simon Caldwell
USCCB pro-life chairman urges Biden to act like the ‘devout Catholic’ he says he is
washington, d.c. newsroom, oct 12, 2021 / 10:53 am the u.s. catholic bishops’ pro-life chairman is expressing disappointment with president ...
Katie Yoder
Catholic Herald October Issue
leaders the synod needs you mass appeal should be for everyone vocations need not be consigned to the past diary – adam dant columns long di...
The Catholic Herald
The spy who became a monk
on 6 november 1989, dom joseph coombe-tennant died at downside abbey, near bath, where he had lived since 1961. he was 76. the serenity of h...
Bernard Lewis
The tolerance of George III
in the long via dolorosa down which roman catholics had to march to win the franchise before 1829, they hardly had a more resolute opponent ...
Andrew Roberts
October Diary: Reflecting on the plight of refugees
i was in vienna for a few days last month and kept seeing the stumbling stones, brass cobbles with the names and dates of death of the jews ...
Anna Somers Cocks
Diary: Art without God
i was going through some of my old portfolios the other day – i am a catholic-raised artist working somewhat incongruously in the atelier of...
Adam Dant
The remarkable restoration of St Birinus, Dorchester-upon-Thames
st birinus, probably a monk of st andrew’s benedictine monastery on the caelian hill in rome, was ordered by pope honorius i to england in 6...
Michael Hodges
Social unrest appeased in Colombia, but crisis goes on
in april, massive demonstrations exploded in cali and in several colombian cities. a combination of rising poverty, political dissatisfactio...
Eduardo Campos Lima
How Dante shows up wokeness
the text came 45 minutes before year 1 started on 2 september. “just to let you know that sasha is now haruto (japanese name). we tried it o...
Diego Murillo
On Pilgrimage with Rosemary Hill
where would you go? i would go to canterbury which is not very original, but i have my reasons. where i live in south london is very close t...
The Catholic Herald
Wanted: backers for a religious thriller
in march 2020, with lockdown imminent, an old friend called laurie berg rang me to ask if i would read a synopsis for a religious film or pe...
David Sower
Minding our language
i have bad news for you: the anglo-saxons didn’t exist. i realise you may have studied them or taught classes about them, but the fact remai...
Roy Peachey
Mass appeal should be for everyone
one of the pope’s titles is that of pontifex, or bridge builder. it is an aspect of his office that pope francis might reflect on when it co...
The Catholic Herald
Tessa’s Feasts: herring and monkfish for St Andrew
in store this month are a couple of fish dishes in honour of the patron saint of fishing, st andrew – better known as the patron saint of sc...
Tessa Balfour
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