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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
Opposition to Bishop North shows tolerance is wearing thin in the Church of England
Once you could agree or disagree with female ordination as an Anglican
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Dietrich von Hildebrand's question for Lent: are we ready for a radical change?
If we really follow Christ, He will bring our individuality to perfection
Francis Phillips
Jean-Paul Sartre's confession of belief - and other surprises in a fine new book
Underneath Fr Rutler's wit and erudition is a deep orthodoxy and Christian hope
Francis Phillips
The lowbrow strategy that won the Reformation
Jack Scarisbrick says that Eamon Duffy’s new study of the period is a must-read
Jack Scarisbrick
Melissa Kite: How to make Britain great again
when was the last time you told a lie? honestly, think about it. perhaps you told a lie without even thinking you were lying, and with no fe...
Melissa Kite
Lenten reflection: A journey through a 21st-century desert
first sunday of lent gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7; ps 51; rom 5:12-19; mt 4:1-11 are you feeling as confused about things as i am? not so long ago i was ...
Archbishop Malcolm McMahon
Mary Kenny: Nigel Farage’s case for celibacy
sometimes insights about life come from the most unexpected sources, and thus, surprisingly, nigel farage has illuminated a point about prie...
Mary Kenny
Comments of the week
the secret of anglo-catholicism’s success sir – matthew schmitz’s cover story (february 24) is absolutely spot on. faith cannot just be depe...
The Catholic Herald
The bridge where the sacred and secular meet
is there is a panorama of london these days that can best what meets the eye on lambeth bridge? the classic prospect of the houses of parlia...
Michael Duggan
Television: Mum, you’re right: SS-GB isn’t very good
mum likes nothing more than to turn the television volume up to the highest setting and put the subtitles on at the same time. she says the ...
Tim Stanley
Music: A new Russian master arrives in London
kings place still feels like a relative newcomer among london’s many (perhaps more than enough) concert halls, and sometimes struggles to be...
Michael White
The lowbrow strategy that won the Reformation
reformation divided by eamon duffy, bloomsbury, £30 another blockbuster arrives from the professor (emeritus) of christian history at cambri...
Jack Scarisbrick
The pagan roots of Christian icons
the dawn of christian art in panel paintings and icons by thomas f mathews with norman e muller, getty, £32.50 thomas mathews, assisted here...
Jonathan Wright
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