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Did Britain invent concentration camps?
concentration camps by dan stone, oup, £12.99 the sociologist and polish freedom-fighter zygmunt bauman called the 20th century “the century...
Stav Sherez
Prize crossword 0480
cryptic across 1 face crisis of mistaken identity in ritualistic killings (10) 6 pirate on hearing bawdy song (7) 7 root for journalist to a...
Alun Evans
A book of saints that includes Henry Thoreau and Bernard Häring? No thanks
A new collection claims many old saints are 'distinctly unhelpful' and offers some alternatives. I'm unpersuaded
Francis Phillips
Fashion giants are making Italy sparkle again
Big firms are restoring the nation’s glories in return for publicity
Miguel Cullen
Pope Francis: God never lets His children down
The pontiff told the faithful that trusting in God helps us bravely tackle life's problems
Catholic News Service
First books of the Bible show God's love for humanity, says Francis
The Pope told Jewish scholars that the Torah showed 'paths of goodness [that we] must walk together'
Cindy Wooden
Football, like life, requires thinking of others, Pope tells Villarreal team
Pope Francis met Villarreal ahead of their cup match in Rome
Associated Press
An Ash Wednesday I’ll never forget
I decided there was no hell aged 12. Years later, I found myself transfixed by a plea for intercession by an agnostic
Matthew Walther
The best of the Catholic blogosphere
✣ highlights from the week online a philosopher’s deathbed request at the national catholic register, robert royal paid tribute to th...
Staff writers
Matthew Walther: An Ash Wednesday I’ll never forget
chesterton did not actually say that those of us who don’t believe in god will believe in anything, but he ought to have because it’s true. ...
Matthew Walther
A new generation of Christian artists
i’ve been involved in ongoing, fruitful discussions with theologians over the years. these have led to specific works such as my music theat...
Sir James MacMillan
Film: Critics, relax. This enfant terrible hasn’t sold out
even an enfant terrible must grow up sooner or later. prodigal french-canadian xavier dolan’s trouble is that he’s done so along the cannes ...
Mike McCahill
Music: Strings fight back on the Southbank
textbooks tell you that concertos are a battle between soloist and orchestra; and it’s a mostly unfair match, won by the orchestra through f...
Michael White
The challenge of an extraordinary genius
being wagner: the triumph of the will by simon callow, william collins, £14.99 for those who haven’t experienced richard wagner’s musical dr...
Jack Carrigan
Good intentions amid the greed and murder
continental ambitions by kevin starr, ignatius press, £28 a modern, satisfactory survey of catholicism in colonial north america has long be...
Jonathan Wright
Word This Week
the eighth sunday of the year is 49:14-15; 1 cor 4:1-5; mt 6:24-34 (year a) ‘does a woman forget her baby at the breast, or fail to cherish ...
Bishop David McGough
Prize crossword 0479
cryptic across 5 with thinly-spread catholic influence ignored, principal ship’s abandoned the mission here (11) 7 troubled piece of land, a...
Alun Evans
Of winners and losers
our society tends to divide us up into winners and losers. sadly, we don’t often reflect on how this affects our relationships with each oth...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
What Babette's Feast teaches us about the Eucharist
At the Eucharistic Feast we are unworthy and unappreciative guests
Francis Phillips
Populism is fuelling rejection of migrants, says Pope
The Pope has criticised 'populist demagoguery' and urged people to 'welcome those who knock at our doors'
Junno Arocho Esteves
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