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The Asia Bibi case shames Pakistan's government - and Britain's
An 'ethical foreign policy' would take action against Pakistan's blasphemy laws
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
The Catholic artwork that made me feel at home
winchester college has never had a headmaster famed for flogging. distinction in that regard is contested by westminster and eton: the forme...
Ralph Townsend
Television: The world’s most boring serial killer
we’ve stuck with the fall (thursdays, 9pm, bbc two) through three long series with very little being revealed. we know that paul spector (ja...
Tim Stanley
Fine Art: Into the blue with a genius of the modern portrait
picasso portraits national portrait gallery, until february 5 the last portrait picasso made was of himself, about to die. he had previously...
Miguel Cullen
Theatre: Melodramatic, dated – and utterly brilliant
charles dickens said on its publication that a tale of two cities was the best story he had written. not everybody agreed. the novel has nev...
Robert Tanitch
Music: Saints and refugees give Verdi an edge
there are times in opera when the theatre is effectively the show, as was the case last week in the italian town of parma: famous for its ha...
Michael White
Council of Europe rejects proposals to legalise surrogacy for all member states
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted against the proposal
Staff Reporter
Humans will be no match for robots
homo deus by yuval noah harari, harvill secker, £25 this is yuval noah harari’s follow-up to sapiens, his much-praised “brief history of hum...
Fr Kevin O'Donnell
Mother Russia’s year of mob violence
caught in the revolution by helen rappaport, hutchinson, £25 helen rappaport, author of many studies on russian history, has subtitled her b...
Charlie Hegarty
Word This Week
the 29th sunday of the year ex 17:8-13; 2 tim 3:14 – 4:2; lk 18:1-8 (year c) "jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray cont...
Bishop David McGough
Lectio Divina
luke 17:11-19 1 then jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they should always pray and never become discouraged. 2 “in a cer...
Mgr Anthony Abela
Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/10/16
A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen
Saint of the Week: Teresa of Ávila (October 15)
hating convent life teresa of ávila was born teresa ali fatim corella sanchez de capeda y ahumada in ávila, spain in 1515. her parents’ marr...
Staff Reporter
Pastor Iuventus
the american catholics i know intend to vote trump, not because they feel affection for him or many of his policies but because they have ha...
Pastor Iuventus
Detroit archdiocese offers 'Mass for Pardon' to 'unleash the Gospel'
The priests asked for pardon over its handling of clerical abuse
Catholic News Service
Pictures of the Week
1 bishop stephen robson of dunkeld has celebrated a thanksgiving mass at st joseph’s convent, dundee, after sister maria sobenna (on the bis...
The Catholic Herald
Prize crossword 0461
cryptic across 7 one who may have supported livingstone discover a biblical clan (6) 8 god, that chap provides backing for a 70s band! (6) 9...
Alun Evans
Rudy Giuliani defends Trump on national television saying even St Augustine had a sinful past
The former New York mayor said that people can change following video backlash
Catholic News Service
Jenny McCartney: I feel sorry for girls today
the journalist nick cohen – in an article lamenting the fact that organisers of literary festivals expect writers to give their time free of...
Jenny McCartney
Prayer that refuses pious thoughts
contemplative prayer, as it is classically defined and popularly practised, is subject today to considerable scepticism in a number of circl...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
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