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Trite Christmas: back to the future with the corny playlists of our youth
”strange how potent cheap music is,” muses amanda in noël coward’s private lives . how perfectly this encapsulates the way i feel the first ...
Flora Watkins
Casual sex and other pathways to diabolical possession
the exorcist files: true stories about the reality of evil and how to defeat it by fr carlos martins hodder and stoughton, £18 “people ask m...
Simon Caldwell
Only two Ember Days left till Christmas
many catholics will appreciate that advent is traditionally seen as a time of preparation, reflection and penance in the church. but within ...
Thomas Edwards
Who comes next? It's not inappropriate to speculate on Pope Francis's successor
rome – whenever popes begin to age or fall sick, two developments are as inevitable as the rising and the setting of the sun. first, some pe...
John L Allen
Gaudete Sunday: John the Baptist's joyful surrender to his mission
"the peace of god, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in christ jesus." (philippians 4:7) in this sund...
Fr David Howell
A look from afar: thoughts of Advent in Cambridge and further afield
the potency of human voices singing with collective purpose is a thing most people can experience year-round. but the approach of christmas ...
Michael White
Ten Commandments up for auction, valued at $2 million
the oldest stone inscription giving a rendering of the "ten commandments" will go up for auction on 18 december at sotheby’s in new york. da...
James Jeffrey
Mystery of Mary Magdalene’s whereabouts in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel resolved
an italian art restorer is “firmly convinced” she has identified the famous female follower of jesus in michelangelo’s celebrated sisti...
The Catholic Herald
Another English cardinal: the view from outside St Peter's Basilica
melanie mcdonagh gives a personal view of the elevation of timothy radcliffe op rome – it is, of course, a great honour to be invited to att...
Melanie McDonagh
The Christian Faith is one of paradox: Why Christmas and Advent unite the mysteries of fasting and feasting
poets sometimes have as great a capacity to help us with christmas as the theologians; for christmas is a time of deep and complex beauty. p...
Gavin Ashenden
Bishop Erik Varden: How my favourite book of the Bible – Ezekiel – prepares us for an encounter with the divine
in these times of consultations and questionnaires, we are constantly asked to reflect on our responses to things. our basic mode of underst...
Bishop Erik Varden
The assisted suicide Bill is a charter to kill in the spirit of Dr Shipman
back in 1996, when the police investigated real crimes instead of spending 60,000 hours a year scrolling x for “non-crime hate incidents”, n...
Simon Caldwell
Assisted suicide vote: how did our society get to this point?
lord sumption, in a glancingly thoughtful article on the terminally ill adults (end of life) bill, told readers of the times tha...
Anthony McCarthy
'The Chosen' Season 5 to be released globally in March and April next year
the first episodes of the chosen season 5 are set to hit us theatres on march 27. from april 10, they will be released globally in over 40 c...
Thomas Edwards
Advent Sunday: The journey to Bethlehem begins
the first sunday of advent marks the beginning of the journey to bethlehem, which will culminate in the arrival of the magi and conclude wit...
The Catholic Herald
If we have a rhythm of prayer then the quiet details of normal life can contain a well-head of divine life
"in those days and at that time i will cause a righteous branch to spring up for david" (jeremiah 33:15) in sunday’s first reading, god...
Fr David Howell
Silk Roads at the British Museum: people, places and faith along the way
unlike the british empire, the sun never truly seems to set on the silk road. it doesn’t matter how often that path is travelled, romance is...
Lucien de Guise
'Grandeur is replaced with subtlety' in this unique exhibition of masterpieces at Buckingham Palace
if you’ve been to any previous exhibitions at the former queen’s gallery, now the king’s gallery, at buckingham palace (i’ve covered several...
David V Barrett
London museum to show 'queer' drag-themed reinterpretation of Handel's Messiah
a london museum is to present a drag-themed reinterpretation of handel's messiah this december. the foundling museum in camden, london, will...
Thomas Edwards
Masculinity and femininity are definable realities: Understanding them can lead to a deeper awareness of love and God
‘i don’t want to prove a woman is strong like a man – no, a woman is strong in her own way, our strength is in our femininity.” these words ...
Katherine Bennett
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