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Go vegan for Lent
lent, the time of fast and abstinence before easter, is based on christ’s time in the wilderness, described in the first chapter of mark’s g...
Gertrude Clarke
The rocks of ages on which British mysticism is built
stonehenge is one of the most famous monuments in the world. the outline of the trilithons, the great gate-like constructions that form its ...
Rosemary Hill
Too much to Handel
what’s the difference between oratorio and opera?” is a tricky question. for the most part, oratorios are spiritual, reflective works perfor...
Michael White
Diary: The season of grief is marked by hope, says Sarah Sands
since october, my father has been unwell in a nursing home and my mother has been keeping him company there. we said that we would see how t...
sarah sands
Francis Bacon: the body and blood
the royal academy has been transformed for francis bacon: man and beast. there are no more cheerful cascades of summer exhibition paintings;...
Lucien de Guise
More to St Paul’s than religion
in the shadow of st paul’s cathedral: the churchyard that shaped london by margaret willes yale university press, pp. 320, £25 the romanists...
Robert Gray
Pope reorganises Congregation of Doctrine of the Faith amid Vatican internal reforms
pope francis has reorganized the internal structure of the vatican’s doctrine office into two sections — the latest step in his ongoing refo...
Hannah Brockhaus
Putin's take on the "Russian Idea"
in 2014 vladimir putin recommended three books for his regional governors to read: justification of the good , by vladimir solovyov; philoso...
Mark Jenkins
Pope’s gift for publicity has its dangers
pope francis has done it again. he has got himself into the news – on social media – by turning up at a record shop in rome to spend 10 minu...
The Catholic Herald
My road to Mount Athos
the sun was setting to the west as i stood upon a vantage point known to the byzantine residents of constantinople as hagios demetrios. it w...
Mark Jenkins
The steep and rugged pathway
february promises longer days and the first glimmers of spring, but its arrival also heralds the approach of lent on 2 march. ash wednesday ...
Niall Gooch
Festive fortunes
when opera composers take up the bible it isn’t usually in search of spiritual instruction. nothing of the sort was on his mind when verdi r...
Michael White
On His Majesty’s imperial service
like all abstractions, empire is best understood when considered in terms of individuals, their motivation and experience. the current cult ...
Jeremy Black
Gatekeeper to a new school of English expression
john constable, always a household name, still stands shy of the international stage. although he warrants this major new biography; he sits...
Anthony Mould
Not taking a shine to Catholicism
closing soon in paris is the most recent rendezvous for the west’s occasional romance with the islamic world. ‘cartier and islamic art: in s...
Lucien de Guise
Former government minister to stand trial in Finland for tweeting verse from Bible
a former government minister facing jail after tweeting a bible verse said that her trial next week will be a test of religious freedom. päi...
CNA Staff
Queen honours English cardinal for work in inter-faith dialogue
a cardinal has spoken of his gratitude at being honoured by queen elizabeth ii in the british monarch’s annual new year’s list. cardinal mic...
Luke Coppen CNA
Look to St Joseph as a model of true courage, says Pope
st joseph, who protected his family from the persecution of king herod, teaches us how to respond to our difficulties with courage and to tr...
Hannah Brockhaus
Can we prove God exists?
the sense of wonder many of us feel when looking at the world around us is not only a fundamental driving force in the quest for scientific ...
Fr Robert Verrill OP
The king of contemplation
ralph fiennes’ staging of ts eliot’s four quartets at the harold pinter theatre in london – which ended its run just b...
Melissa Brady-Dant
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