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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’...
Kate Ford
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...
Michael White
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 ...
Martin Crampin
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...
Daniel Johnson
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,...
Mary Walker
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
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