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The Surrender upon Sex: a critique of the Church of England
this is a chapter and extract from catholic herald writer gk chesterton's 1935 book "the well and the shallows". i have explained that these...
GK Chesterton
Ukraine Catholic Church to stop using Russian-associated Julian calendar
the head of ukraine’s catholic church announced on monday a change to liturgical calendars this autumn that would see christmas celebrated o...
Staff Reporter
A salute to the restless genius of Sir Stephen Hough as he takes centre stage at Wigmore Hall
it’s hard to write about the pianist stephen hough, now elevated to the status of sir stephen, without listing his extensive claims to fame ...
Michael White
The First Book of the Bible has everything
the first bit of the torah i translated was the story of noah. the dramatic events of the flood and all the heroic moments of the making of ...
robert rinder
Interview: Benedict XVI's abiding inspiration is ‘the gentle force of Catholic thought’
diane montagna interviews an italian priest and academic who knew pope benedict what is pope benedict xvi’s legacy? why was he able to inspi...
Diana Montagna
Defying Hitler: the Faith of the White Rose circle
on february 22, 1943 three munich university students were executed by the nazis. their “crime” had been their involvement in a resistance c...
Alexandra Lloyd
The Incarnation and the Crucifixion are woven together at Candlemas
as it is often noted, christmas seems to begin earlier and earlier every year: certain newspapers can be almost guaranteed to have a letter ...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
The American playwright Christopher Durang may help us understand
the news that the american catholic playwright christopher durang has been diagnosed with aphasia and is retiring from theatrical activity m...
Benjamin Ivry
The onset of Lent calls for some flexibility in the kitchen
there is a fashion in the secular world for something called “dry january”. just 31 days without alcohol, in part to make up for all the exc...
Sam Marsden
Patrick Kavanagh: Poet in the twilight
‘every old man i see / in october-coloured weather / seems to say to me: ‘i was once your father’.” wake forest university press – as part o...
Nick Ripatrazone
The Word: On the Translation of the Bible, by John Barton
the word: on the translation of the bible john barton allen lane, £25, 320 pages the tricky business of translating sacred scripture from th...
John Ritzema
How Bruce Springsteen helped me grieve for my father
in the late summer and early autumn of 2021, i knew my father was approaching his last days on this earth. inspired by the soothi...
Beth Amorosi
Holiness is the antidote to evil in the Church
there may be few greater hindrances to believing in god and loving his church than the offence caused by clerical sexual abuse. the l...
Gavin Ashenden
The Christian presence in the Holy Land is under threat
the christians of jerusalem – the city at the centre of the world on medieval maps – are now a tiny fraction of the population, just 10,000 ...
Melanie McDonagh
A splash of Spanish sun at the Royal Academy
there’s something almost secretive about the entrance to the royal academy’s spain and the hispanic world: treasures from the hispanic socie...
Ben Stephens
The ideological error of Welby's £100 million slavery fund
the archbishop of canterbury has dipped into the back pockets of the church of england where the church commissioners keep their spare cash....
Gavin Ashenden
The Epiphany: Rise and shine
english-speakers call it "the epiphany", but the germans say heilige drei könige : the three holy kings. and yet st matthew doesn’t tell us ...
Mgr Andrew Burnham
What the Book of Jonah teaches us about God’s compassion
the question came in a deceptively simple guise: “what is your favourite scriptural text?” normally the answer would be: “the one i am worki...
Fr Nicholas King SJ
Quarr Abbey monk on the meaning of identity
since time immemorial, pilgrims have been travelling to islands to meet holy men and women, and so it was that i found myself heading for qu...
Mark Jenkins
The meaning of Matthew
we are back to year a in the lectionary, which means that for most of the year we shall be reading from st matthew’s gospel on sundays. the ...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP
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