Culture

Mary Kenny: A time to heal

there’s a chapter in the book of ecclesiastes which is often read at funerals and the committal of ashes, and which begins: “to every thing ...

Newman centre to open in Dublin

a centre for faith and reason named after blessed john henry newman is to be opened in dublin. the centre is an initiative of notre dam...

Pope: we ought to apologise to gay people

christians must ask forgiveness for ways they have discriminated against gay people or fostered hostility towards them, pope francis has sai...

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the case for jesus by brant pitre (image books, £16). the author, professor of sacred scripture at notre dame seminary in new orleans, provi...

Theatre: A Richard III who takes his tyranny seriously

shakespeare’s richard iii has always been popular with actors and audiences. richard burbage and david garrick scored a huge success. so did...

Music: Making Messiaen sing in the dead of night

musicians aren’t expected to be early risers. so it was bizarre that last week at the aldeburgh festival , the pianist pierre-laurent aimard...

Pastor Iuventus

brexit: the view from france in the days immediately following brexit i am in france, in the valley of the sarthe river, near le mans, whenc...

Mass Readings

ordinary form divine office week ii sunday, july 3: 14th sunday in ordinary time is 66:10-14c; ps 66; gal 6:14-18; lk 10:1-12, 17-20 monday,...

A modern man in revolt against modernity

Book review: Conversations with Roger Scruton by Mark Dooley

Word This Week

The Fourteenth Sunday of the Year: Is 66:10-14; Gal 6:14-18; Lk 10:1-12 (Year C)

South African Church leaders call for calm in run up to election

The South African Council of Churches has criticised the country's politicians for inciting violence in the lead up to the coming election

Cardinal Nichols is right. It is time for Project Unity to replace Project Fear

Cardinal Nichols is right to make clear that stirring up xenophobia is utterly out of keeping with who we are

Patriarch urges refugee repatriation as long-term solution in Middle East

Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, visited to New York to discuss a permanent solution to Middle East refugee crises

The humbling book which meditates on every word of the Our Father

The Our Father, Word by Word, is a book which will surprise you

Bomb scare interrupts Mass for Orlando shooting victims

The Mass for those killed in the Pulse nightclub massacre was being held in Puerto Rico

Let's make sure the Somme anniversary has a religious resonance

July 1 marks the 100th anniversary of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army

Pope prays for Armenian Genocide victims

'Memories should not be watered down or forgotten,' says Francis at Tsitsernakaberd Memorial

The shock of the referendum could signal a new politics – or something darker

Two things drove the anger behind Brexit: a decline in living standards, and a feeling of powerlessness

Armenia must have a special place in God's heart

Pope Francis is about to encounter one of the world's great Christian civilisations

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A jeremiad against ‘progressive’ values

How a civil war became a ‘holy war’