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Justice and charity – revisited
we’re all familiar, i suspect, with the difference between justice and charity. charity is giving away some of your time, energy, resources ...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Why is Western civilisation falling apart?
how the west was lost by ben ryan hurst & company, 192pp, £20/$19.50 the decline of western civilisation has been a persistent topic of ...
Patrick West
The divine discontent of Duruflé
houston chamber choir was formed in 1995 by its conductor, robert simpson, who is director of music at the episcopal christ church cathedral...
Francis O’Gorman
Down with 'Christmas songs'
the past two weeks have been a more than usually musical fortnight. it began with the world premiere of michael maxwell steer’s romantic var...
David Oldroyd-Bolt
The week ahead: Christmas TV, Sheen novena, carol services
choirmaster gareth malone and gospel choir conductor karen gibson reveal the stories and legends behind some of britain’s christmas traditio...
Staff writers
Exclusive data: How Catholics are likely to vote in the General Election
whether there is still such a thing as “the catholic vote” in uk elections is a moot point – no parties seem particularly keen to chase it, ...
Stephen Bullivant
Morning Catholic must-reads: 11/12/19
cardinal luis antonio tagle has urged asian bishops’ conferences to “get our young people and women involved” ( edward pentin ). archbishop ...
Luke Coppen
How to have a prayerful Advent
st john henry newman did not temper christianity to suit his readers’ delicate sensibilities. i was reminded of this when reading a recent h...
Francis Phillips
How to… Have a penitential Advent
the sense of advent as a penitential season akin to lent has been largely lost to the popular culture of today, marked as it is by high exci...
The Catholic Herald
The living composer who's synonymous with Christmas
commenting recently on the death of sir stephen cleobury, formerly director of music at king’s college, cambridge, the british composer john...
Francis O’Gorman
For many Catholics, this will be a 'none of the above' election
i was a “conscientious abstainer” for the brexit referendum in 2016; and if conversations with friends are anything to judge by, many cathol...
Mary Kenny
An epiphany on the motorway
driving north to my parents’ late at night, i realised there were so many lorries on the road that i was queuing behind them. i have taken t...
Melissa Kite
Meanwhile...
✣ with fulton sheen’s beatification now scheduled for december 21 (see page 10), and christmas around the corner, a company has spotted an o...
The Catholic Herald
Aquinas, Dr King, and what I told a room of politicians
a couple of weeks ago, i had the distinct privilege of addressing an audience of senators, representatives and capitol hill staffers in a be...
Bishop Robert Barron
Why did Evo Morales find such favour at the Vatican?
evo morales, who fled to mexico after resigning as president, may not be missed in bolivia but his absence will be felt at the vatican. one ...
Fr Raymond de Souza
The mother of the English Catholic novel
a simple story (1791) by elizabeth inchbald is the first novel written by an english catholic with catholic characters, but despite being pr...
Benjamin Ivry
Is that it? The National Gallery’s ‘immersive’ Leonardo show
i applaud the reasoning behind the national gallery’s exhibition leonardo: experience a masterpiece. people often spend just seconds in fron...
David V Barrett
How Italy contracted ‘the English disease’
ultra by tobias jones, head of zeus, 288pp, £20/$25 over the years english football hooligans have been the inspiration for a lot of shoddy ...
Will Gore
In Advent, let's surrender ourselves afresh to God’s future
first sunday of advent is 2:1-5; rom 13:11-14; mt 24:37-44 (year c) the season of advent summons us to both joy and wakefulness. joy, b...
Bishop David McGough
Prize crossword 0621
cryptic across 5 disastrous blow to harem is getting to apostle (11) 7 sherry’s heading to france, initially not oloroso (4) 8 odd call leav...
Alun Evans
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