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King and Conqueror is proof that the BBC doesn't get the Middle Ages
the bbc has dispensed with a significant portion of its budget to hire a star-studded cast for its upcoming eight-part historical epic on 10...
Tom Colsy
'The Face of Christ': Nic Fiddian Green's new exhibit opens in London
the journey goes way back. i was shown a way and a faith, and an understanding around the faith of christianity, in the way my father lived ...
Nic Fiddian Green
The silence that saves
in sunday’s gospel (john 8:1–12), jesus writes on the ground in response to the pharisees’ question of whether an adulterous woman should be...
Fr David Howell
St Mary's Cathedral and St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh receive urgent repair grants
st mary’s cathedral and st margaret’s chapel in edinburgh have received a share of a £584,081 “urgent payout” grant from the national church...
The Catholic Herald
Is the famous 'Prodigal Son' parable more about the 'Prodigal Father'?
why did the prodigal son, in sunday’s gospel, decide to come home? he had become restless in his father’s house but now he had found a new a...
Fr David Howell
The moral price of our energy: Armenia's Christians and Catholic conscience
when mother teresa spoke of "the hunger for love", she reminded us that our faith demands we recognise christ in the suffering of others. to...
Paul Polman
Why the long face? Lent is meant to be joyful and practical
in the latest march edition of the catholic herald magazine, we are reminded by dom henry wansbrough that, properly observed, the lenten sea...
The Catholic Herald
Bear Grylls to speak at sell-out Flame event for young Catholics
this year’s flame, a gathering for young catholics from across england and wales, has sold out the ovo wembley arena, with famous adventurer...
The Catholic Herald
A cinematic vale of tears: Mauro Borrelli’s ‘Last Supper’
pinnacle peak pictures, the studio behind the case for christ and god’s not dead , has released a new film well in time for easter: the last...
Julia Hamilton
Alexei Navalny embodied and died for a Russian hope that relies on Christian faith
alexei navalny – like alexander solzhenitsyn – was schooled in atheism. but – also like solzhenitsyn – navalny was influenced and baptised d...
Hannah Glickstein
Venerable English College opens doors to public for first time to mark the Jubilee
the venerable english college in rome is opening its doors to the public for the first time in its history in the jubilee year. the guided t...
The Catholic Herald
‘Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven’ (Luke 6:23).
in sunday’s gospel, the word used for ‘leaping for joy’ in response to hatred is the same as that which described john the baptist leaping i...
Fr David Howell
Feast for the ears: some listening choices from the Herald's musician-in-residence
casting our eyes back a little, felix mendelssohn’s oratorio paulus (st paul) achieved considerable success after its first performance in 1...
Tom Winpenny
Conclave revisited: what might actually make a man unfit to be pope?
the pope and his cardinals make surprising stars for a blockbuster. edward berger’s thriller conclave, which eschews the traditional memes t...
Miles Pattenden
How to read like a Christian – and avoid lazy thinking
nearly a hundred years ago, the english writer ia richards coined a phrase that has become a mainstay of literary studies. “all respectable ...
Nick Ripatrazone
The Amalfi's extraordinary Hotel Convento: but can (or should) spirituality and luxury co-exist?
on the gulf of salerno, across the water from the ancient greek settlement of paestum and the pastures of water buffalo that make the region...
LucyLethbridge
Anglican sex scandals are made worse by power abuse and a lack of accountability
you might be tempted to think the scandal that has caused the resignation of the anglican bishop of liverpool is about sex. but in fact, it'...
Gavin Ashenden
The incredible courage and faith of French friar Father Marie-Benoît, Holocaust rescuer
many ordinary, humble priests and religious worked hard to save the lives of endangered jewish people in nazi-occupied europe, but this capu...
Heather Tomlinson
The Pope is wrong to deride lace and frills — it’s important to dress well for Mass
pope francis is well known for shunning the glitz and the glam that goes with the office of pope. but, in case there was any doubt, he doubl...
Portia Berry-Kilby
Pope lauds role and need for women in top Vatican jobs
pope francis has said he will soon name another women to a key role overseeing administration of the vatican city state. it comes in the wak...
Elise Allen
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