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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
Prince Philip – Defender of the Faith
the funeral of hrh prince philip, late duke of edinburgh, was celebrated with superb dignity in the sunshine at st george’s chapel, windsor....
The Catholic Herald
Trial for our times
the innocence of pontius pilate: how the roman trial of jesus shaped history david lloyd dusenbury c hurst & co, £25, 272 pages ________...
Sylvana Tomaselli
On Pilgrimage with Tracy Borman to the Floating City
where would you go? if distance is no object, then i would start in lincoln, which is my beloved home city and home to the world’s finest ca...
The Catholic Herald
Farewell to Alms
i recently visited the hospital of st cross and almshouse of noble poverty, where i was met in the porter’s lodge by the master, the rev ter...
William Cash
RIP Hans Kung – A notable renegade and of modern theology
hans küng, who died recently aged 93, was a “great figure in the theology of the last century whose ideas must always make us reflect on the...
Peter Mullen
Apostasy of the Elites
when the celebrated monsignor robert hugh benson published his utopia the dawn of all in 1911, he was answering critics who said that his 19...
Gladden Pappin
JBW, Genesis Foundation offer a chance for Emerging Writers
john studzinski in tokyo on october 28, 2013. (yoshikazu tsuno/afp via getty images) jewish book week uk is sponsoring a major progra...
Staff Reporter
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