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Review: 'Heaven on Earth' by Emma J Wells
when guests came to visit me during my noviciate at blackfriars in cambridge, a trip to ely cathedral was a failsafe and inexpensive trip ou...
Albert Robertson OP
Cardinal Parolin: has Francis’s ally dashed his chances of becoming Pope?
the battle for the next pope may be shaping up to be a contest between a filipino and a hungarian , but vatican secretary of state, pietro p...
The Catholic Herald
Awaiting the Supreme Court
it is a grim reminder of the situation in which the us supreme court finds itself that one of its members, judge samuel alito, has reportedl...
Gertrude Clarke
Why the overturning of Roe v Wade could reopen the abortion debate in Ireland
the first paragraph of the leaked draft of the supreme court decision to overturn roe v wade states: abortion presents a p...
Dualta Roughneen
A new biography of "Old" Jerusalem reviewed
nine quarters o f jerusalem: a new biography of the old city by matthew teller profile books, £13.35, 389 pages if this book were a pa...
Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali
John Wilkins, the 'lovable' former editor of the Tablet, dies at 85
john wilkins was editor of the tablet for 21 years until 2003. he had previously been assistant editor of the paper in 1967 but left to join...
Melanie McDonagh
A work whose wings are clipped by prejudice
birds and us: a 12,000 year history, from cave art to conservation by tim birkhead viking 2022, £25, 441 pages our relationship with birds h...
John McEwen
Unwelcome alteration
there is a folk history of the reformation in england which goes roughly as follows: in the years immediately before the break with rome, th...
Niall Gooch
Liberalism as the great villain
whatever happened to tradition?: history, belonging and the future of the west by tim stanley bloomsbury, £20, 266 pages ________ in recent ...
Theo Hobson
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
Prime Minister mourns sudden death of Catholic mother
the prime minister, boris johnson, is today mourning the death of his catholic mother who has passed away “suddenly and peacefully” in a lon...
Simon Caldwell
Church tries to mediate Colombian crisis despite huge challenges
after three months of continuous demonstrations against president iván duque’s administration, colombia does not seem to be any closer to a ...
Eduardo Campos Lima
Writing their way into history
writing history has never been a safe business. all histories have political implications and in britain, since the reformation, even appare...
Rosemary Hill
Holy fool of letters
a new biography of dh lawrence, burning man: the ascent of dh lawrence by frances wilson, is an opportunity to reflect not only on the life ...
Theo Hobson
What It Means to be On the Right
writing in 1940, the catholic herald columnist douglas jerrold describes his understanding of what it means to be on the political right. fo...
Lessons from the Archives
Cardinal Marx: Pope’s decision a ‘great challenge’
“in obedience, i accept decision, as i promised him,” said cardinal reinhard marx in a statement following the pope’s decision to reject his...
Staff Reporter
How McCarricks Happen
us cardinals (from l) justin francis rigali, adam joseph maida, edward michall egan, roger michael mahony, francis george, william henry kee...
Stephen Bullivant and Giovanni Radhitio Putra Sadewo
The Illiberal Project Will Fail
otto von habsburg, eldest son of karl i habsburg, meets pope john paul ii at the vatican, 04 october 2004. (pppl/afp via getty images)  ...
JamesDominicRooney
Honestly Intellectual
mary wollstonecraft would not have liked me. for one thing, she didn’t care much for catholics. as i describe in my new book, she made a dis...
Sylvana Tomaselli
The Young Woman Who Jumped Off the Bridge
french toast tastes like love and safety. a few weeks ago, my husband and i made a trip to our hometown for a funeral. we talked all th...
Leticia Ochoa Adams
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