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A millennium of converting bigwigs
missionary monks by edward smither, cascade books, £20 it’s easy to presuppose a sharp division between globe-trotting missionaries and cloi...
Jonathan Wright
Briefly noted
escape routes by johann christoph arnold (plough publishing, £9.99) . first published 15 years ago, this thoughtful book by a well-known pas...
Staff writers
Prize crossword 0482
cryptic across 1 judges rock’s edge which takes half a day (6) 5 us public transport means to pursue vehicle cutback (6) 8 arch zion settlem...
Alun Evans
Pope Francis: Listening to each other can make the world a better place
The Pope has discussed the importance of 'true dialogue'
Catholic News Service
A genuine dubium for confessors
With Humanae Vitae in mind, I have a couple of questions about Confession that need answering
Stephen Bullivant
Why I'll be returning to Flame in the future
Flame 2017, Britain’s leading Catholic youth event, was hardly my natural environment, but it proved a moving experience
John Charmley
Cardinal Nichols thanks Pope Francis for 'steadfast' defence of Church teaching
Cardinal Vincent Nichols has congratulated Francis on the fourth anniversary of his election
Staff writers
This Lent, rediscover Oxford’s forgotten poet
William Herebert was one of the first people to turn Latin hymns into English poetry
Eleanor Parker
Dutch churchmen criticise populists
dutch church leaders have signed a petition against the “exploitation of christianity” by populist politicians ahead of next week’s parliame...
Staff writers
This Lent, rediscover Oxford’s forgotten poet
in early 14th-century oxford, surrounded by some of the foremost theologians of medieval europe, a franciscan friar named william herebert w...
Eleanor Parker
Television: A most Anglican Sunday evening in
the rev richard coles has that classic anglican vicar look. a half-smile containing lots of teeth. wise, but wise enough not to let it show....
Tim Stanley
Theatre: Unscripted sex change upstages Shakespeare
shakespeare’s twelfth night is already famous for its gender and sex confusion without malvolio having a sex change. on the national theatre...
Robert Tanitch
Music: Climate change turns Rossini into a racket
if john cage taught us one thing, it’s that music can exist beyond the boundaries of how we think of it. and that idea lives on in an intrig...
Michael White
Does Roger Scruton think like a horse?
on human nature by roger scruton, princeton, £18.95 ignore the knighthood, the professorships, the medals, the 40 or so elegantly argued boo...
Michael Duggan
Briefly noted
care for creation by pope francis (orbis/alban books, £12.99) . this collection of the writings, speeches and homilies of pope francis spell...
Staff writers
Word This Week
second sunday of lent gen 12:1-4; 2 tim 1:8-10; mt 17:1-9 (year a) lent is a season of repentance underpinned by a clear vision of hope. it ...
Bishop David McGough
Omnium Gatherum
each year during the first full week of lent, catholics for centuries have observed the ember days. there are four sets of these days (wedne...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Prize crossword 0481
cryptic across 7 susanna’s wise judge of a book? (6) 8 following for west bromwich in britain of old (6) 9 one to follow, wise men say of a-...
Alun Evans
Stuart Reid: The last Bullingdon Boy standing
on the evening of ash wednesday, having prayed, fasted, and abstained from meat and, as far as was humanly possible, from uncharitable thoug...
Stuart Reid
The flavour of God’s energy
all things considered, i believe that i grew up with a relatively healthy concept of god. the god of my youth, the god that i was catechised...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
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