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Fine Art: In Picasso’s traumatic portraits, we see ourselves
when writing a round-up of exhibitions in london in 2016, certain conflicts emerge. it’s easier to bring together than my esteemed colleague...
Miguel Cullen
Television: The BBC’s oddly acerbic Christmas
a lot of people seem to be gay nowadays. previewing the christmas tv, i discovered that a lead character in last tango in halifax is a lesbi...
Tim Stanley
Theatre: House of Commons drama gets my vote
james graham’s docudrama, this house , was first seen at the national theatre in 2012, and jeremy herrin’s fast-moving and exhilarating prod...
Robert Tanitch
Music: The baby who turns a continent upside down
whether artists and musicians regard the birth of christ in bethlehem as history or poetry, it’s always been a potent narrative for them to ...
Michael White
Spiritual Books round-up
communion of saints by stephen walford, angelico press, £17 subtitled “the unity of divine love in the mystical body of christ”, this book e...
Francis Phillips
The afterlife of American apartheid
negroland: a memoir by margo jefferson, granta, £12.99 in this beautifully evoked narrative of her childhood and youth in chicago in the 195...
Charlie Hegarty
Are northerners truly more civilised?
south by merlin coverley, oldcastle, £12.99 why do we favour one direction and not the other? why has the north, historically, always been p...
Stav Sherez
Briefly noted
catholics confronting hitler by peter bartley (gracewing/ ignatius, £15). bartley has written a well-argued and documented overview of the w...
Staff writers
Word This Week
christmas and new year year a readings the season of christmas, more than any other religious festival, has the power to capture heart and i...
Bishop David McGough
Omnium Gatherum
christmas is a feast of humbling contrasts. the sight of the eternal word made a speechless babe, destined for the passion, fills our mouths...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Lectio Divina
luke 2:15-20 15 when the angels went away from them back into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “let’s go to bethlehem and see this...
Mgr Anthony Abela
Saint of the week: St John the Evangelist (December 27)
a close friend of jesus st john the evangelist was the son of zebedee and salome and they lived on the galilean shores. st john’s much older...
Staff Reporter
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week i sunday, december 25: the nativity of the lord is 52:7-10; ps 98; heb 1:1-6; jn 1:1-18 monday, december 26...
The Catholic Herald
Pastor Iuventus
from st bonaventure’s life of st francis of assisi we get the enigmatic story of how francis created the first crib, in the woods near grecc...
Pastor Iuventus
Pope names first woman to head Vatican Museums
Barbara Jatta has been serving as vice-director of the museums since June
Carol Glatz
Pictures of the week
1 pupils from woldingham school in surrey sing at a carol service in westminster cathedral. 2 boys from wimbledon college pray 125 decades o...
The Catholic Herald
Pope sends condolences to family of murdered Russian ambassador
In a telegram to President Vladimir Putin, the Pope assured Russian people of his prayers and spiritual solidarity
Staff Reporter
Pope Francis prays for victims of Berlin lorry attack
In a telegram to the Archbishop of Berlin, Pope Francis said 'people of good will must fight the folly of terrorism'
Associated Press
Are Russians becoming the chief target of Islamist terror?
It's time all nations stopped enabling repressive regimes
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Cardinal Burke: Formal correction of Amoris Laetitia could happen in New Year
The cardinal advised Catholics to remain 'serene' by reaffirming the Church's teaching
Staff Reporter
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