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Film: Clichéd and ludicrous - it must be a Dan Brown thriller
inferno (12a, 121 mins, ★ ) can a third dan brown thriller starring tom hanks as symbology professor robert langdon, once again ...
David V Barrett
Television: An innocent crucified by public opinion
i’m of an age when i can feel nostalgic about murder trials. i remember the amanda knox case vaguely. it was 2007 and i was finishing a phd ...
Tim Stanley
Theatre: Twee, maybe – but delightfully English
la fille mal gardée at the royal opera house sounds very french and a bit naughty. but frederick ashton’s ballet could not be more english a...
Robert Tanitch
What comes after the ‘reform of the reform’?
liturgy in the twenty-first century edited by alcuin reid, oremus, £16.99 ‘the reform of the reform” – in other contexts the phrase could ha...
Michael Duggan
The British Isles seen through X-ray specs
the making of the british landscape by nicholas crane, weidenfeld and nicolson, £20 for the first time in over a century, visitors can now s...
Harry Mount
Why not choose our politicians by lots?
against elections by david van reybrouck, bodley head, £9.99 democracy today is in crisis. never in modern history has there been more disco...
Patrick West
Saint of the week: John Paul II (October 22)
secret studies karol wojtyła was born in wadowice, a town in southern poland, on may 18, 1920. his sister, olga, died in infancy before karo...
Staff Reporter
Writing about the Devil isn't lunacy - it's the purest realism
In its understated way, Fr Amorth's final book reminds us that Satanism is no joke
Francis Phillips
Hundreds attend Mass in memory of renowned Polish filmmaker
The honorary Oscar-winner Andrzej Wajda died in hospital at the age of 90 earlier this month
Associated Press
Colombian bishops urge government and rebels to commit to ceasefire
A new peace deal is to be negotiated after voters rejected an agreement that would have formally ended the long-running war between the government and Farc
Catholic News Service
In World Food Day message, Pope criticises 'ruinous' impact of GM foods
The Pope said that we mustn't ignore the 'cycle of the seasons'
Staff Reporter
Plans to desecrate image of Virgin Mary in Estonian museum prompt protest
Archbishop Viilma of the Evangelical Lutheran Church said that the exhibit ridicules religion
David V Barrett
Venezuelan Fr Arturo Sosa Abascal is named new leader of the Jesuits
He becomes the 30th successor of St Ignatius of Loyola
Staff Reporter
Mystic Lamb altarpiece unveiled in Belgium after four-year restoration
The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb was unveiled today in St Bavo’s Cathedral
Staff Reporter
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Staff Reporter
Benedict XVI: liturgy which points East expresses a desire for salvation
Pope Benedict XVI has contributed to a book marking the Ecumenical Patriarch's 25th anniversary
Catholic News Service
Mother Russia’s year of mob violence
caught in the revolution by helen rappaport, hutchinson, £25 helen rappaport, author of many studies on russian history, has subtitled her b...
Charlie Hegarty
Word This Week
the 29th sunday of the year ex 17:8-13; 2 tim 3:14 – 4:2; lk 18:1-8 (year c) "jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray cont...
Bishop David McGough
Mark Wahlberg prays for vocations
the actor mark wahlberg has praised the priests he has known, and said he is praying for new vocations to the priesthood in america. in a fa...
Staff writers
‘A complete atheist couldn’t write this book’
as unseasonable october sunshine streams through a window high in covent garden, robert harris, the genial and welcoming author of conclave,...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
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