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The Church hasn't always approved of chess
for most of us, chess is a leisurely activity - a source of amusement and mental distraction. but as we speak it is being played out a...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Maastricht: Much more than we might think
mention the name maastricht to anyone on the british side of the atlantic and you risk setting off the brexit arguments all over again – the...
Ben Stephens
Fauré's Requiem – Facing death through music
michael white praises a production of fauré’s requiem accompanied by sky burial, and a powerful opera about a nun visiting death row. gabrie...
Michael White
What will the Pontifical Academy for Life conclude on the use of artificial intelligence?
in recent months, there has been a lot of discussion on social media of artificial intelligence, or ai, following the release of extremely p...
Niall Gooch
Review: GB News Easter Special
competent public voices defending christianity in the public square are few and far between. mainstream media platforms allowing these voice...
Gavin Ashenden
Going on pilgrimage feels like an act of rebellion against secular modern society, and it's on the rise in Britain
is it me or can catholics be a bit headstrong these days? i asked myself that question after attempting to marshal the catholic herald’s&nbs...
James Jeffrey
Saint Benedict In His Community, by Richard Newman
richard newman gracewing, £14.99, 244 pages this small book is a revision and extension of richard newman’s saint benedict in his time, whic...
Philippa Edwards OSB
The pope and primates
rethinking human relationship with the animal creation is not everyone’s cup of tea. there are nymphs in the vatican gardens. you will find ...
Felipe Fernandez Armesto
Dr John Barton's favourite book of the Bible: Ecclesiasticus
john barton speaks out for an undervalued and little-read wisdom book of the old testament . ‘let us now praise famous men.” these words, fr...
Dr John Barton
To Leslie, reviewed by Julia Hamilton
andrea riseborough as a recovering alcoholic is the best thing about to leslie, says julia hamilton. in her latest film, to leslie, andrea r...
Julia Hamilton
Rational enquiries: a Dominican friar meets a theoretical physicist
robert verrill op meets carlo rovelli, the italian theoretical physicist whose latest book latest book challenges monotheistic faith. it see...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
Mary Magdalene: A Cultural History, by Philip C Almond
mary magdalene: a cultural history philip c almond cambridge university press, £30, 386 pages ‘will the real mary magdalene please stand up?...
Alexander Faludy
Enough: Scenes from Childhood, by Stephen Hough
enough: scenes from childhood stephen hough faber & faber, £18.99, 272 pages in this cautiously loving book we are drawn deeply into ste...
James Davy
Feast and Fast: Dominican friar offers his recipe whilst delighting in the scents and tastes he associates with Holy Week
holy week and easter have been at the heart of my growth in the faith. from my late teenage years as a progressively more arch and spiky ang...
Albert Robertson OP
Jordan Peterson, politics, and Christian conversion
the twitter account of pope francis is almost certainly run by well-meaning officials who post well-meaning tweets in his name, intended to ...
Gavin Ashenden
Bishop Erik Varden and Kim Samuel on community and belonging in the post-COVID world
i cannot now remember the number of times that i have sat in the sheldonian theatre in oxford, wearing an academic gown of either red or bla...
Serenhedd James
Wine is an essential part of our Christian culture
lent has progressed just long enough for most of us to have broken at least one of our penitential resolutions. perhaps we have indulged in ...
Karl Gustel Warnberg
Nélida Piñon 1937-2022: Brazilian writer of acclaim
while it might be said that nélida piñon was a catholic writer, she was certainly not one set in the customary mould – or indeed in any moul...
The Catholic Herald
Byrd’s secret music soars
michael white on a clandestine retelling of william byrd’s 16th-century mass settings and a buddhist interpretation of bach’s passions. we h...
Michael White
Romanian romance: Returning life to empty churches and villages
life continues to return to the empty churches and villages of transylvania, writes jonathan gaisman. if you want an authentic literary expe...
Jonathan Gaisman
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