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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
Why Trump gets the 'White Christian' vote
robert de niro has been one of the more strident voices warnings about the danger of a trump win in the american election. when he pla...
Gavin Ashenden
Bishops in US election battleground state of Iowa call out state and federal lawmakers over immigration crisis
in response to the us immigration crisis the catholic bishops of iowa have taken aim at both state and federal lawmakers. the bishops have c...
johnlavenburg
How Evelyn Waugh’s 'cantankerous' Catholicism clashed with America's literary scene at a dinner party in Florence
the conservative catholic novelist evelyn waugh (1903-1966) paid three visits to harold acton in italy in the 1950s and 1960s. i should...
‘I have called you by name’: the importance of Christian names in a world of gender ideology
names matter. family names matter because they tell a rich history and point to the deep bonds between parents and children. but first names...
BeatriceScudeler
Whoever defends God is defending Man
last july i took my kids on the train to the royal society summer science exhibition which coincided with that year’s pride march. on the wa...
Katherine Bennett
A tale of two women: A preview of The Last Caravaggio at the National Gallery.
melanie mcdonagh previews the last caravaggio at the national gallery . the national gallery in london celebrates its 200th birthday in...
Melanie McDonagh
Treasures of the Renaissance at the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris
the current exhibition on display at the hôtel de la marine in paris presents a beguilingly beautiful display of renaissance art that conjur...
Cressida Hargreaves
REVIEW – The Illuminated Window: Stories across Time, by Virginia Chieffo Raguin
the illuminated window: stories across time virginia chieffo raguin reaktion books, £30, 272 pages writing in the first half of the 12th cen...
Mary Walker
Mistress of arts: Angelica Kauffman and her noted paintings of stories with female protagonists
angelica kauffman (1741-1807) settled in rome in 1782, having already established herself as one of the 18th century’s best-regarded artists...
Ben Stephens
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