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Pastor Iuventus

we shouldn’t underestimate laypeople’s gifts for the last five years i have been fortunate enough to have served in a parish where there is ...

Fr Matthew Pittam

Saint of the week: Rose of Lima (August 23)

a peppery penance st rose of lima is renowned for her piety and chastity. she was born in 1586 in lima, to spanish colonists, and named isab...

Staff writers

Lectio Divina

luke 1:39-56 22 jesus went through towns and villages, teaching the people and making his way towards jerusalem. 23 someone asked him, “sir,...

Mgr Anthony Abela

Word This Week

the twenty-first sunday of the year isaiah 66:18-21; heb 12:5-7; luke 13:22-30 (year c) as the book of isaiah draws to its conclusion, it se...

Bishop David McGough

Briefly noted

vatican ii: a pastoral council by serafino m lanzetta (gracewing, £25) . “what did vatican ii really mean?” asks fr serafino lanzetta. it wa...

Staff writers

Great writers die as they live, like us all

the violet hour by katie roiphe, virago, £16.99 subtitled great writers at the end, this book is written on the premise that writers are “es...

Jack Carrigan

The ceaseless inferno of Maoist China

the cultural revolution by frank dikötter, bloomsbury, £25 the cultural revolution in china exploded on western consciousness in the summer ...

Charlie Hegarty

Did anyone really expect the Reformation?

reformations: the early modern world 1450-1650 by carlos eire, yale university press, £25 carlos eire suggests that “discontent and cries fo...

Jonathan Wright

Pope names Dallas bishop head of new office for laity and family life

Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas will head the Vatican's new department

Catholic News Service

Music: Assault and battery by grand pianos

pianos, like dogs, are best kept apart: the sound of more than one together in a small space can be torture. and it was in a relatively smal...

Michael White

Theatre: An extraordinary study of barrenness

the young vic is well known for its radical approach to the classics. australian director simon stone’s truly remarkable reworking of yerma ...

Robert Tanitch

Television: Dragons’ Den lost its fire long ago

what do i hate most about dragons’ den (bbc two, sundays, 9pm)? that presenter evan davis constantly describes what just happened. an invent...

Tim Stanley

Film: Ukrainian father figure poses a moral dilemma

almost holy  (15, 96 mins,  ★★★★ ) is a documentary about a very unorthodox ukrainian pastor. gennadiy mokhnenko has run pilgrim, ...

Will Gore

Comments of the Week

henry viii and the leave campaign sir – as a member of the historians for britain group, which campaigned for brexit, it is a trifle hard to...

The Catholic Herald

Mary Kenny: Lebanese choirgirls united by Mary

the most uplifting news i heard over the past week was that a choir of lebanese young women – christian and muslim – are planning to sing to...

Mary Kenny

The true history of celibacy

according to some reports, the next synod may touch on the question of ordaining married men. if we are to have such a debate, it should be ...

Fr Jerome Bertram

In the cause of God’s vagabond

‘you’ve been hacked.” it’s the message no internet user wants to hear. in my case, the message came at the end of february this year from fr...

David Crystal

The key to understanding Francis

the transcript of the holy father’s meeting with the polish bishops last month in kraków – released after his return to rome – provides usef...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Debtors need our help

our society is fuelled by debt. whether it’s your credit card, student loan or the latest mobile phone that you have to have, the average pi...

Amy-Jo Crowley

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