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The dilettante architect: Appraising the ecclesiastical buildings of Harry Goodhart-Rendel
harry goodhart-rendel was born in cambridge in 1887, the son of harry chester goodhart, who had married the hon rose ellen rendel, a daughte...
Michael Hodges
£950,000 secured for ‘urgent repairs’ at first Catholic church built in Welsh Valleys
this year's easter celebrations at st illtyd’s catholic church in wales have received an additional boost with the church being granted fund...
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One of the Last Supper 'greats' arrives at National Gallery in time for Easter
nicolas poussin's eucharist , considered one of the greatest paintings of the last supper, has been acquired by the national gallery in time...
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‘Prayer for Holy Week’ by Elizabeth Jennings: 'Love me in my willingness to suffer'
prayer for holy week love me in my willingness to suffer love me in the gifts i wish to offer &nbs...
James Jeffrey
Cardinal Bo laments 'wounded world' and a Holy Week scarred by ‘devastating toll of conflict’
cardinal charles bo has said that this year christians mark holy week reflecting on the “devastating toll of conflict even in the birthplace...
Nirmala Carvalho
'The Donkey' by GK Chesterton: 'Fools! For I also had my hour'
when fishes flew and forests walked and figs grew upon thorn, some moment when the moon was blood then...
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What St Paul really meant: Into the Heart of Romans, by NT Wright
into the heart of romans nt wright spck publishing, £19.99, 224 pages british scholar and anglican clergyman nt wright (who as bishop of dur...
Peter Laffin
Everything in London has changed, except the familiar scents of the Oratory
it has taken two-and-a-half years, but i have finally crossed the rubicon and feel a stranger in the city that was home for more than two de...
Flora Watkins
Dark shows for dark times: going toe to toe with Elektra and The Handmaid’s Tale
there’s an old bugs bunny cartoon with the punchline, “what’d ya expect in a opera – a happy ending?” it’s a fair point. opera does of cours...
Michael White
St Patrick’s Day in America then and now: the Irish-American diaspora is as vibrant as ever
in a proud tradition dating back to 1762, irish americans will once again be cheered by thousands as they march, bands playing and bagpipes ...
James MacGuire
Pope calls for truth about ‘Vatican Girl’ as Italian Parliament launches probe
rome – pope francis has repeated his own desire that the truth surrounding the 1983 disappearance of emanuela orlandi finally emerge, just a...
Crux Staff
Warwick Street’s pipe organ restoration project struggling to find grants
the church of our lady of the assumption and st gregory on warwick street in the heart of london is in the midst of a difficult fu...
The Catholic Herald
EDITORIAL: Raves in the naves, the desecration of our medieval cathedrals
one of the most dispiriting reflections of the state of the church of england has been the spectacle of ancient cathedrals hosting what crit...
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Diary: Life as an Englishwoman in the bustle of Notre Dame
here’s the scene: it’s the mid-19th century, the bleakest of bleak indiana winters. a french priest, father edward sorin, accompanied by sev...
Leslie Fernandez-Armesto
A call to modesty: saying No to the bikini by choosing more Christian swimwear
with summer now not as distant as it once seemed in the depths of winter, as the days lighten thoughts may be turning to planning for the ho...
LeahLevinMartins
Letters: Fiducia Supplicans and 'bowing to the corrupting nature of a secular world devoid of absolutes'
fiducia supplicans sir – it is worrying that the holy father appears to question the motives of anyone who has concerns about fiducia ...
Catholic Herald Readers
Missing mission: Where's the Christian heritage at the British Museum?
in defence of the uk’s pre-eminent cultural institution, the theft of 2,000 items shows some vigilance when compared with the bibliothèque n...
Lucien de Guise
Fr Anthony Symondson SJ, 1940-2024
fr anthony symondson sj, who died on 31 january at the age of 83, was one of the 20th century’s most significant historians of ecclesiastica...
The Catholic Herald
Orbital, by Samantha Harvey
orbital samantha harvey jonathan cape, £14.99, 136 pages samantha harvey’s orbital is a quirky little novel, which charts a day in the life ...
Helen Walsh
The Transfiguration of Jesus calls us to be obedient like Abraham
"jesus took with him peter and james and john and led them up a high mountain" (mark 9:2). sunday’s gospel of jesus’s transfiguration is pai...
Fr David Howell
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