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Full to the brim: Trusting in Mary's command
‘now there were six stone water jars there for the jewish rites of purification, each holding seventy or one hundred litres’ (john 2:6). in ...
Fr David Howell
Pope's autobiography sheds light on his complex and contradictory mind
hope, the autobiography by pope francis penguin/viking £25 hope, the autobiography is billed as the first ever biography to be publish...
Melanie McDonagh
Rediscovered Raphael: The quest to save the De Brécy Tondo for the nation
the de brécy tondo , a circular devotional painting of the madonna and child, is the subject of 40 years’ meticulous research as a putative ...
TimothyBenoy
The next moves in chess game between Trump and Pope Francis
rome – president-elect donald trump and pope francis are leaders with such vastly different agendas and perspectives that it’s tempting to i...
John Allen
Cardinal Timothy Dolan to again say inauguration prayer for President Trump
cardinal timothy dolan will lead the opening prayer at the inauguration of donald trump as the 47th us president on 20 january. the cardinal...
The Catholic Herald
Pope Francis appoints first woman in history to lead Vatican department
rome – pope francis this week made the novel decision to appoint the first-ever woman as prefect of a vatican department, naming italian con...
Elise Allen
The mysterious Easterners who dreamt God's dream
and being warned in a dream not to return to herod, they departed to their own country by another way. (matthew 2:12) at the end of sunday’s...
Fr David Howell
Human dignity is no longer a given in the modern world: the Church must protect it
what it means to be a human being is neither simple nor obvious. for this reason, i was not that surprised by the responses to dignitas infi...
peterhannah
Whatever happened to the papal tiara?
the triple crown – that oversized, turban-shaped, jewel-encrusted, gold-and-silver helmet – traditionally epitomised the pope’s power as god...
Miles Pattenden
Rediscovering a Gothic genius: the V&A's great Pugin exhibition, thirty years on
on 15 june 1994, an exhibition opened at london’s victoria and albert museum devoted to the life and work of augustus welby northmore pugin....
Paul Atterbury
Trite Christmas: back to the future with the corny playlists of our youth
”strange how potent cheap music is,” muses amanda in noël coward’s private lives . how perfectly this encapsulates the way i feel the first ...
Flora Watkins
Casual sex and other pathways to diabolical possession
the exorcist files: true stories about the reality of evil and how to defeat it by fr carlos martins hodder and stoughton, £18 “people ask m...
Simon Caldwell
Only two Ember Days left till Christmas
many catholics will appreciate that advent is traditionally seen as a time of preparation, reflection and penance in the church. but within ...
Thomas Edwards
Who comes next? It's not inappropriate to speculate on Pope Francis's successor
rome – whenever popes begin to age or fall sick, two developments are as inevitable as the rising and the setting of the sun. first, some pe...
John L Allen
Gaudete Sunday: John the Baptist's joyful surrender to his mission
"the peace of god, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in christ jesus." (philippians 4:7) in this sund...
Fr David Howell
A look from afar: thoughts of Advent in Cambridge and further afield
the potency of human voices singing with collective purpose is a thing most people can experience year-round. but the approach of christmas ...
Michael White
Ten Commandments up for auction, valued at $2 million
the oldest stone inscription giving a rendering of the "ten commandments" will go up for auction on 18 december at sotheby’s in new york. da...
James Jeffrey
Mystery of Mary Magdalene’s whereabouts in Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel resolved
an italian art restorer is “firmly convinced” she has identified the famous female follower of jesus in michelangelo’s celebrated sisti...
The Catholic Herald
Another English cardinal: the view from outside St Peter's Basilica
melanie mcdonagh gives a personal view of the elevation of timothy radcliffe op rome – it is, of course, a great honour to be invited to att...
Melanie McDonagh
The Christian Faith is one of paradox: Why Christmas and Advent unite the mysteries of fasting and feasting
poets sometimes have as great a capacity to help us with christmas as the theologians; for christmas is a time of deep and complex beauty. p...
Gavin Ashenden
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