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You are the Old, the Sick, the Poor, or Will Be. Do Unto Others.
on the way in, we walked down a hallway where we could just see in to a few of the rooms where some residents lived who couldn't leave their...
TimothyJones
Pope Francis and Cardinal Marx Do a Dance
july 1858 production of shibaraku at the ichimura-za theater theatre in edo. triptych woodblock print by utagawa toyokuni iii ( public domai...
Christopher Altieri
Profiting from Penance
the new british museum show, thomas becket: murder and the making of a saint , reveals the religious propaganda machine that existed to myth...
William Cash
The Art of Selling Roses
somewhere there is a picture of me in the rose garden at home with my stepmother, aged five or six. i was clearly transfixed by the roses an...
charlie-hart
Brothers in alms
the entrance to the hospital of st cross, next to the st cross symondians cricket club on the outskirts of winchester, is tucked away down a...
William Cash
Reform of penal law rejects E&W bishops' request for language change
-- rome -- the vatican rolled out a reform of its penal sanctions on tuesday. at a press conference in the press office of the holy see, sen...
Christopher Altieri
Christianity and all that
the treasures of english churches: witnesses to the history of a nation, by matthew byrne shire publications, £20, 160 pages and did those f...
Harry Mount
Michael Courtney – the man who could have been pope
it was the evening of monday 29 december, 2003. a car carrying the yellow and white vatican flag was travelling towards bujumbura, the capit...
Bill Colegrave
Who wants to live forever anyway?
have you seen correggio’s assumption of the virgin ? it’s horrifying. the feast of the ascension was celebrated last month and idle c...
Constance Watson
Peter Ainsworth – a heritage hero
the death of peter ainsworth in april this year was a great loss to the heritage sector in england. peter had given over 30 years of commitm...
Peter Aiers
Human Comedy, and Divine
hugh somerville knapman osb a limerickal commentary on the second vatican council arouca press 2020 reviewed by fr nicholas schofield this s...
Fr Nicholas Schofield
Pope to Jesuits of La Civiltà Cattolica: Row well!
pope francis has invited the journalists of la civiltà cattolica to “row with passion and determination in the barque of peter, like good je...
Staff Reporter
Sometimes You'll Get Conned
her name was angel, a name that made me think of that verse about entertaining angels. she appeared in the local buy nothing group last nove...
MaryPezzulo
St Francis Leprosy Guild remembers founder on anniversary of her birth
on may 13, the saint francis leprosy guild celebrates the birth of their founder, kate marsden, born in north london on this day in 1859. as...
Staff Reporter
Catholic Herald Magazine – May 2021
leaders back to basics for a better education system defender of the faith the queen's christian example pentecost in the catacombs diary – ...
The Catholic Herald
All Ireland that Froze for Want of Europe
irish novelist francis macmanus (c), with irish writer, broadcaster and abbey theatre director, robert farren (r) at the palace bar in...
Michael Duggan
Habits of prayer
sarah sands’ recent book, the interior silence: 10 lessons from monastic life , was reviewed in these pages last month. elsewhere in the iss...
Serenhedd James
Haunted by Franco
last days in cleaver square patrick mcgrath hutchinson, £16.99, 240 pages ________ patrick mcgrath’s father, an irish catholic, was m...
Elisa Segrave
Look back in languor
malice in wonderland: my adventures in the world of cecil beaton hugo vickers hodder & stoughton, pp 352, £25.00 ________ in these times...
Nicky Haslam
Office Politics
the impossible office? the history of the british prime minister anthony seldon cambridge university press, £19.99 ________ anthony seldon’s...
Sir Bill Cash
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