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The Marian way of winning souls
having lived in london a while, i take pride in my ability to get from a to z (train strikes notwithstanding). at the tail end of a christma...
Jacob Phillips
Scorsese shows us how the Church should be
i cried three times when watching silence at the covent garden odeon. which is surprising because it’s the least sentimental, most masculine...
Tim Stanley
Film: An ironic extravaganza with a joyous heart
la la land (12a, 132 mins, ★★★★ ) in his big-screen musical la la land, damien chazelle does for los angeles what woody allen di...
Jenny McCartney
Television: This Sherlock Holmes is a poor imposter
i do find it hard to watch a lot of modern television. i am, for instance, probably too old to enjoy sherlock (bbc one, sundays, 9pm). ...
Tim Stanley
Theatre: Reformation thriller in modern dress
friedrich schiller wrote mary stuart , his first-class political thriller, in 1800. robert icke’s urgent modern dress production at the alme...
Robert Tanitch
Music: A Messiah that nearly had me dancing
like dogs, messiahs are for life, not just for christmas. but they come into their own around december 25. and easily the best i heard over ...
Michael White
Why Martin Luther’s anti-Semitism matters
luther’s jews by thomas kaufmann, oup, £18.99 martin luther’s venomous writings against the jewish people were part of what thomas kaufmann ...
Jonathan Wright
Briefly noted
to know the love of christ by martin hogan (messenger publications, £12.99) . these weekday reflections for the liturgical year 2016-2017 pr...
Staff writers
Prize crossword 0473
cryptic across 7 judge soldier missing on the front in this theatre (6) 8 come to a party with indefinite number attending (6) 9 they believ...
Alun Evans
Mexico's bishops call for search for missing priest
The priest has been missing from Coahuila state, an area renowned for cartel violence, for a week
Associated Press
Restoring Church of the Nativity is like 'touching heaven', say workers
The restoration project at the the site traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus has already uncovered a Crusades-era mosaic
Associated Press
'I don't like travelling, but papal visits encourage seeds of hope,' says Pope
Francis made the comments in a book reflecting on his pilgrimages as Pontiff
Associated Press
The Magi embody all those who long for God, says Pope Francis
On the feast of the Epiphany Francis said the Wise Men were 'guided by an inner restlessness'
Junno Arocho Esteves
Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/01/17
A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen
The best of the Catholic blogosphere
✣ highlights from the week online how sherlock holmes deduced the afterlife at the national catholic register, sherlock holmes fan da...
Staff writers
Prince: persecution of Christians overlooked
prince charles has said that the scale of anti-christian persecution is “not widely appreciated” and that for many people in the middle east...
Staff writers
How the liturgical calendar freed me from drudgery
we all have rituals by which we bury the old year and unveil the new. i end each year fighting with my roof. i have a 100ft pine tree in the...
Chene Heady
Mary Kenny: The fall that opened my eyes
it’s said, from old times, that “pride comes before a fall”: in my case, carelessness and haste precede a fall, and i mean that quite litera...
Mary Kenny
The spiritual masterpiece that beat the censors
this year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of boris pasternak’s classic novel, doctor zhivago. problems with russian censorship...
Francis Phillips
Film: A barmy film with genuine emotional impact
endless poetry (15, 128 mins, ★★★ ) the new year is generally a good time to be a cinema lover. our picture houses suddenly beco...
Will Gore
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