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A trio of sausage-based recipes utilising the humble yet versatile English staple
i’ve been thumbing through a cookery book by jonathan meades, better known as a writer and film-maker on architecture rather than food. as i...
Sam Marsden
ON PILGRIMAGE WITH: Fr Marcus Holden, parish priest, writer and art critic
where would you go? i would take the via francigena to rome. this is an ancient land route for pilgrims from canterbury – now in the southwa...
The Catholic Herald
Contemplating Christ: Julia Hamilton is moved by a new film exploring religious art
george weigel called bishop robert barron’s series catholicism “the most important media project in the history of the catholic church in am...
Julia Hamilton
Nevill Holt Festival: how a Catholic Recusant house has become a new Glyndebourne of the Midlands
instead of sitting in flapping tents in muddy fields, english country houses have become the preferred stage set for many new history and li...
William Cash
Vatican’s top diplomat calls use of NATO weapons against Russia ‘disturbing’
rome – as several western nations, including the united states, have given ukraine approval to use their weapons in strikes on russian terri...
Elise Allen
How are we to judge ... ? Francis's frank phraseology confuses the West
the fallout from pope francis’ remarks to the italian bishops rumbles on. this is in part because his words have defeated the efforts of bot...
Gavin Ashenden
'The adventure of being born': G.K. Chesterton's 150th anniversary
the 29th of may 2024 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of g.k. chesterton (29 may 1874 – 14 june 1936), the indomitable english auth...
The Catholic Herald
'Kentish Camino' launched in recognition of women who helped pioneer Christianity in ancient England
a camino-type walk has been launched in the uk to highlight the royal women who pioneered christianity in the county of kent fourteen centur...
James Jeffrey
Hidden Faces at the Met: what the other side of the picture reveals
a friend working at the metropolitan museum in manhattan said recently that she had been instructed never to mention religion – an astoundin...
James MacGuire
The simplest doctrine in the world?: Explaining the Trinity doesn’t have to be difficult
ask a catholic priest which sunday is the most daunting one to preach on, then there’s a good chance he’ll say trinity sunday. there are two...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Bach’s Mass in B Minor highlights how the great composer wove a ‘potent, steadfast faith' into his music
the "k" of the first kyrie shot straight down the middle of yale university’s impressive woolsey hall like a burning arrow; a foretaste of t...
Alex Hodgkinson
A surfeit of minor keys this Easter
michael white enjoys two requiems, a stabat mater and two outstanding premieres . musically, the journey through holy week to easter is a sl...
Michael White
On the record: Musical ups and downs on the way to Ascension, Pentecost and Trinity Sunday
if you are near oxford, make haste to the bodleian library, where you will find on display the autograph of auf christi himmelfahrt allein, ...
Alex Hodgkinson
The genius of old age: Michelangelo's later works at the British Museum
the essential aspect of this exhibition is in the title: michelangelo, the last decades . how does genius age? michelangelo lived to a great...
Gertrude Clarke
New film contemplates 12 masterpieces depicting ‘mystery of Christ' at National Gallery
the forthcoming film christ contemplated explores 12 masterpiece paintings depicting christ at the national gallery in the heart of the uk c...
The Catholic Herald
'On This Holy Island: A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain' leaves you yearning for more religious commitment
on this holy island: a modern pilgrimage across britain by oliver smith bloomsbury continuum, £20, 256 pages a book about pilgrimage should ...
James Jeffrey
The infernal serpent: Understanding envy may prove salutary in the end
“i don’t envy you.” when someone says that, they are implying that you will have a bad time dealing with whatever, or whoever, you’re about ...
Rosemary Hill
Catholic Herald Institute hosts inaugural symposium to examine recent Synod in Rome
the catholic herald institute hosted its inaugural symposium “the synod: the room where it happened and what happens next?” in new york’s sh...
The Catholic Herald
An exorcist is needed to sort out Eurovision 2024 and Ireland's troubled contestant
myopia has plagued my family as far back as can be traced. the family vault holds images from the end of the 1800s of women in their fo...
Katherine Bennett
EXCLUSIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES: Tolkien's 1945 letter to the Catholic Herald on 'the Name of Coventry'
in early 1945, a contributor to the catholic herald suggested that the city of coventry could be named for a medieval catholic religious hou...
J. R. R. Tolkien
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