Culture

Reflections on Bishop Barron's UK visit

robert burns once wrote of the gift of seeing “oursels as ithers see us”. perspective is indeed a wonderful thing and it was something that ...

James Somerville-Meikle

Fr Jeffrey Kirby: Pulling no punches

i spoke recently with fr jeffrey kirby, a moral theologian and priest in south carolina, whose book sanctify them in truth is a response to ...

Katherine Bennett

EXCLUSIVE interview: Bishop Barron, the face of the modern Church?

bishop robert barron reaches a huge online audience with his word on fire ministry. what’s his secret, asks melanie mcdonagh there aren’t, f...

Melanie McDonagh

Diary for March 2023: by Peter Frankopan

writing a book is like listening to a wagner opera. it is an epic, dramatic exercise – and it requires stamina. above all, though, it never ...

Peter Frankopan

The demise of Christian America

stephen bullivant presents evidence that the us is becoming an ex-christian country, as more people become ‘nonverts’ to no religion . meet ...

Stephen Bullivant

Recipes: There’s no reason why Lent shouldn’t be both meat-free and delicious

here we are, then, in the middle of lent. perhaps you’re keeping your resolutions, or perhaps you’re finding it more difficult. however you’...

Nitisma: The fast way to happiness

when was the last time you saw a book on greek orthodoxy with encomiums from jamie oliver and claudia roden on the cover? well, this is what...

Gertrude Clarke

This presentation of the Tudors is about the battle for England’s soul

imagine trying to export the tudors without the help of hilary mantel. after her untimely death in the autumn, the cleveland museum of art h...

Lucien de Guise

Vermeer: A Catholic painter in Calvinist Delft?

michael white takes in the rijksmuseum’s show on the life, work and faith of johannes vermeer. within the world’s great art collections, tit...

Shūsaku Endō, the Catholic novelist who bore witness to the love of God

the warmth of christ shines through in his novels, says daniel frampton on the japanese author’s centenary . "the thing we are most lacking ...

Daniel Frampton

My Father's House, by Joseph O'Connor

my father’s house joseph o’connor harvill secker, £20, 288 pages we know that delia kiernan means business, because she is driving a diploma...

Eleanor Hammond

Seeing St David: some modern depictions of the patron saint of Wales

there has been a pervasive modern assumption, repeated in many church guide books, that churches dedicated to early saints were a result of ...

On (Lenten) retreat with Opus Dei

(thornycroft hall in cheshire hosts retreats run by opus dei | thornycroft hall facebook) i have just returned from an opus dei retreat at t...

Katherine Bennett

Netflix's 'Human Playground' reminds us that play is fundamental to our existence

a bull has the ability to charge at you at up to 35mph. there are 10 40  possible moves in chess. if a cue ball hits half of the intend...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

Roald Dahl rewrites: will the Bible be next?

i made the mistake over christmas of letting my kids watch home alone and they have since been rounded up and placed into a young offender’s...

Katherine Bennett

Podcast 37: The New Puritans with Andrew Doyle

andrew doyle, the comedian, broadcaster and writer, joins dr gavin ashenden for the 37th episode of merely catholic, the podcast series for ...

The Catholic Herald

Valentine’s Day diary from Ukraine

by brooks newmark  i have ended up on february 14 in odesa, an old port city on the black sea in southern ukraine. my wife lucy flew ou...

The Catholic Herald

George Weigel's new book is a colossal contribution to modern Church history

“christendom was over.” these stark words, repeated several times by the great american scholar george weigel in his new book,  to sanc...

Dublin's appalling new 'St Patrick's Festival' bears no resemblance to the feast day's origins

hot on the heels of rebranding christmas festivities in dublin as "winter holidays" and co-opting st brigid’s day on behalf of a mythical ce...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

The legend of the Minotaur comes to Oxford

the sainsbury exhibition galleries at the ashmolean museum in oxford aren’t the largest space in the world, and on entry labyrinth: knossos,...

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