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Books, film, music, ideas. Catholic life in the wider conversation.
The unexpected return of Christian ethics
the church has been fighting a losing battle in the west over culture, belief and ethics. but rather surprisingly, there are reasons for thi...
Gavin Ashenden
Lisbon notebook: Pilgrims in the park
saturday 5th august parque tejo trancão, lisbon – from around 4pm the transition from bustling racket to eerie stillness on the streets of l...
Tom Colsy
The Transfiguration: an image of Christ’s revelation to the world
a damaged icon of the transfiguration laid out near the wreckage of transfiguration cathedral in odesa after a missile strike on july 23, 20...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
A deeply-loved bon viveur and deathbed convert: Augustin Hochschild, 1965-2023
it was friday march 17, and the portuguese mountain rain had been falling from the heavens all morning on our 60-mile walking pilgrimage to ...
William Cash
Response to life
michael white enjoys three very different outstanding performances. when music tourists go to leipzig it tends to be for js bach, who lies b...
Michael White
Feast and fast: an August meal
august – the month of our blessed lady’s assumption, but also the month of les grandes vacances! so here is an idea recently tested in that ...
Sam Marsden
Saved by the Bible
a royal visit to a bookbindery, whose fortunes have been turned around. june 27 was a momentous day for a small bookbinding factory on an&nb...
Charlotte Metcalf
The Miracle Club: reviewed by Julia Hamilton
julia hamilton finds this film set in 1960s ireland baffling and dissatisfying. reconciliation is a tough gig, is the message of the miracle...
Julia Hamilton
The Fernández kiss of death?
this controversial appointment could lead to more headaches at the vatican. the appointment of archbishop víctor manuel fernández as the new...
Diana Montagna
Entropy may not be such a bad thing
we all have order and disorder in our lives – and in the universe. back in march, i gave my room a good spring clean. since then, diso...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
The Church has a part to play in preserving culture, the arts and sciences
the 400th anniversary of the death of william byrd, the great english composer of polyphonic sacred music, fell on july 4. on that day cardi...
Niall Gooch
The right not to say what you don’t believe
the supreme court’s ruling is pro-freedom of speech, not anti-gay. in late june, before adjourning until the next october term, the supreme ...
Ken Craycraft
Ireland is still an intimate, close-knit society, despite the changes over the last few years
‘mind you – i’ve said nothing’, says mary kenny . in 1953, the satirical writer and novelist honor tracy published a book about ireland call...
Mary Kenny
Summer spiritual reading
this is the month when many of our readers go on holiday – and it seems likely that, given the blistering temperatures predicted in europe t...
The Catholic Herald
Gender dysphoria is real. Being 'trans' is not
barbie is one of the most perceptive depictions of female puberty that i have ever encountered. as a child in the girl power culture o...
Suzanne Topham
'Oppenheimer' reminds us of some crucial moral absolutes
on august 6 1945, president truman, when told that the atom bomb dropped on hiroshima had been even more “conspicuous” than the test ...
Anthony McCarthy
Pentecost in Venice: Enjoying the spiritual vitality of La Serenissima as a living parish
away from the crowds, katherine cole savours the most serene republic during the feast which commemorates the birth of the church. on the la...
Katherine Cole
The media silence over a study which found many abortions are coerced and unwanted
three years ago, newspapers in the us and uk were full of headlines such as “ most women do not regret their abortions, study finds ” (guard...
Anthony McCarthy
Despite traditional difficulty, Catholic churches are finding success in receiving conservation funding this year
on april 19 a reception was held in the houses of parliament hosted by deputy speaker nigel evans mp to celebrate the remarkable achievement...
Michael Hodges
The consistory of a pope in a hurry
rome – a consistory, the event in which a pope creates new cardinals, is always a carefully choreographed bit of theatre, with production va...
John L Allen
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