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Theatre: Unnerving prophet of a new world order
roland schimmelpfennig, one of germany’s most prolific playwrights, wrote winter solstice in 2013 in response to the resurgence of the far-r...
Robert Tanitch
Music: Battleship-grey hair and all guns blazing
when you talk to other pianists about martha argerich , a standard response is: we don’t know how she does it. and i was thinking much the s...
Michael White
Why Catholics can’t fill America’s moral vacuum
strangers in a strange land by charles j chaput, henry holt, £20 archbishop charles chaput has been one of the bright stars of the american ...
Gerald Russello
Briefly noted
fordham: the history of the jesuit university of new york by thomas shelley (fordham university press, £34) . since 1841 fordham has played ...
Staff writers
Word This Week
the sixth sunday of the year ecclus 15:16-20; 1 cor 2: 6-10; mt 5:17-16 (year a) ‘open my eyes that i may consider the wonders of your law. ...
Bishop David McGough
Prize crossword 0477
cryptic across 1 outpouring, a volume of tears noah overcame (5) 4 miners after pub go to ‘the greatest show on earth’, so he claimed (6) 10...
Alun Evans
Andrew M Brown: My mother’s DIY funeral
the small chapel at warriston crematorium in edinburgh is furnished neutrally with rows of conference-style seats, large amounts of pale pol...
Andrew M Brown
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The trouble with Wagner
The composer's anti-Semitism has worrying echoes in today's society
Francis Phillips
Church in El Salvador calls for mining ban
An archbishop said the country's mining law leaves the country vulnerable to exploitation
Associated Press
On her Sapphire Jubilee, the Queen remains a wonderful inspiration to all
The Queen is a remarkable example of faithfulness to a call
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Pope Francis sends video message to Super Bowl
The Pope said he hope the Super Bowl would provide 'a sign of peace, friendship and solidarity for the world'
Associated Press
Bishop establishes centre for the traditional Latin Mass in Devon
The Extraordinary Form Mass has not had a home in the county for decades
Staff Reporter
'Pope video' released to accompany February's prayer intention
The Pope prays that refugees and the marginalised 'find welcome and comfort'
Junno Arocho Esteves
The best of the Catholic blogosphere
✣ highlights from the week online did adoration save a city from violence? the city of juarez in northern mexico was once considered ...
Staff writers
When politics replaces morality
‘you have a duty to disobey to the ecclesial authorities on temporal matters!” you might assume that the man saying these words, standing in...
Pierre Jova
Television: Were Bacon’s popes a search for God?
any documentary about francis bacon has a tough job to do in having to match up to that glorious instalment of the south bank show, in which...
Will Gore
Fine Art: Vanessa Bell through a granddaughter's eyes
the textile artist, literary art director, muralist and fashion designer cressida bell – vanessa bell’s granddaughter and virginia woolf’s g...
Miguel Cullen
Music: Ravishing Rice leaves the audience crushed
the french composer francis poulenc offered two contrasting faces to his audience: on the one hand a committed catholic, on the other a robu...
Michael White
The age of the trembling upper lip
the history of england: revolution by peter ackroyd, macmillan, £25 the fourth volume of peter ackroyd’s history of england lands with a 400...
Michael Duggan
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