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The first leader of Opus Dei’s new era

after st josemaría escrivá founded opus dei, he took care to ensure its future. the organisation’s big idea was to help people in ordinary l...

Dan Hitchens

Sir Edward Leigh: The ‘integration tsar’ who excludes Catholics

social isolation, disengagement and separation are very real problems in today’s britain. whereas once we had much more of a common culture ...

Sir Edward Leigh

Renegades, mavericks – and a few Catholics

when roger b taney, the first catholic in united states history to assume a cabinet position, became attorney general in 1831, anti-catholic...

Robert Wargas

The enemy of my enemy

on the night of barack obama’s election in 2008, the princeton campus erupted in ecstatic shrieks and sighs. i had not voted for obama, and ...

Matthew Schmitz

Rumours, leaks and dodgy dossiers

when did the word “dossier” become so sinister? if you’re eager to ratchet up the tension or create a sense of skulduggery then the other op...

Jonathan Wright

Thank God Christianity isn’t bland

theology students at glasgow university have been told that they can leave lectures if they find images of the crucifixion too upsetting. th...

Ann Widdecombe

The hate crimes Britain ignores

they wrote “christian dogs” on his home. at school, his children were told by fellow pupils: “we can’t play with you, you’re christians.” si...

Daniel Blackman

My Diana anniversary scoop

is there a word for the sense of vertigo we sometimes feel about the passage of time? the internet suggests “chronophobia”. that seems in da...

Colin Brazier

'Conscience’ cannot justify Communion for the remarried, says Ordinariate bishop

Bishop Lopes says that a firm resolution to avoid grave sin is necessary before receiving Communion

Staff Reporter

The Stones of Buildwas

who would have thought that the accidental discovery, while out on a sunday walk along the river severn, that a run-down priory was for sale...

William Cash

Mary Kenny: America’s impeccable family

whatever view is taken about barack obama’s politics, or the overall record of his presidency, it must be admitted that in terms of “family ...

Mary Kenny

Comments of the Week

gross distortion from the ‘integration tsar’ sir – dame louise casey has told a house of commons select committee that “it is not ok for cat...

The Catholic Herald

The Catholic writer that the 21st century forgot

bruce marshall, who died 30 years ago this year, is the forgotten man of 20th-century catholic letters. the scottish convert and prolific no...

Michael Duggan

Film: McAvoy rescues a Shyamalan schlockfest

spilt  (15, 117 mins,  ★★★ ) m night shyamalan (the sixth sense, the village) has a reputation both for expertly disturbing his au...

Jenny McCartney

Film: A wildly eccentric biopic succumbs to convention

jackie  (15, 100 mins,  ★★★ ) how does one secure a legacy? the question has assumed renewed prominence in recent months, with a b...

Mike McCahill

Music: The Daniel Craig of cellists holds the stage

the kings place concert venue is acoustically the best new small-scale hall in london; and the first sounds ever heard there, when it opened...

Michael White

Television: To be a great talent show, it has to be bad

the bbc is simply too polite to do a talent show. the x factor, which remains the best, is cheerfully chavvy and rude. girls in tight dresse...

Tim Stanley

Spiritual books roundup

paul claudel by michael donley, gracewing, £12.99 the author subtitles his book “poet of the sacred cosmos and prophet of a christian ecolog...

Francis Phillips

When hymns were swords against heresy

how the choir converted the world by mike aquilina, emmaus road, £15 music is almost universally recognised as one of the greatest gifts god...

Paul Senz

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