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The week ahead: Pope's Far-East trip, Holodomor anniversary, lecture on anti-Catholic prejudice
pope francis’s trip to thailand and japan begins on tuesday november 19, when he flies from rome to bangkok. the visit will begin with a wel...
Staff writers
What I found helpful about ‘mindfulness’
my only experience of buddhism was during a visit to bhutan years ago, to visit a friend who was doing voluntary work there. we travelled th...
Melanie McDonagh
Prize crossword 0618
cryptic across 3 seals herman made for old king (11) 7 old anatolian capital african politicians promoted over a year (6)  ...
Alun Evans
When the Sadducees quizzed Jesus, he pointed them to Israel's traditions
the 32nd sunday of the year 2 macc 7:1-2 & 9-14; 2 thess 2:16 – 3:5; lk 20:27-38 (year c) november is a time for remem...
Bishop David McGough
The art critic who could have been a priest
the complete outsider by brian s ewell quartet, 628pp, £20/$27.50 by the end of his life, brian sewell (1931-2015) was o...
David Platzer
A grown-up guide to the Classics
of gods and men: 100 stories from ancient greece and rome edited by daisy dunn a pollo, 640pp, £25/$35 the word “anthology” ori...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
The Marian masterpiece dedicated to a car manufacturer
prières pour notre dame: music for organ and upper voices by dupré, boulanger, demessieux, poulenc dir george richford regent there ca...
Francis O’Gorman
Catholics shouldn't be surprised by Julien Green's unexpurgated diaries
the american catholic author julien green (1900-1998) is admired by generations of readers for his novels, memoirs, plays dealing with his s...
Benjamin Ivry
Literary London turns out for the inaugural Catholic Herald Book Awards
the inaugural catholic herald book awards have taken place at brown’s hotel in london, with the broadcaster and author mark lawson acting as...
The Catholic Herald
The frustrating struggle for humility
it’s hard to be humble, not because we don’t have more than enough deficiencies to merit humility, but rather because there’s a crafty mecha...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Heretic of the week: Harvey Spencer Lewis
when this writer was a boy, such journals as argosy, popular science, and popular mechanics were festooned with strange ads for an organisat...
Charles Coulombe
Prize crossword 0617
cryptic across 1 parallel bible passage about corn – deacon follows the key (11) 8 joseph’s lad is right to point to short book’s introducti...
Alun Evans
We speak of forgiveness so easily, but do we mean it?
the 31st sunday of the year wis 11:22-12:2; 2 thess 1:11-2:2; lk 19:1-10 (year c) "in your sight, lord, the whole world is like a grain of d...
Bishop David McGough
Why is Houellebecq's remorseless pessimism so appealing?
serotonin by michel houellebecq, william heinemann, 309pp, £20/$27 michel houellebecq, the french novelist and professional contrarian, deli...
Ian Thomson
Hogarth was a great satirist, but a storyteller above all
william hogarth shone a bright light on the human condition in the mid 18th century. his social commentaries focused on immorality and hypoc...
David V Barrett
Thousands of medieval churches face ruin. Who will save them?
since leaving the cosmopolitan delights of london and moving to deepest north norfolk three years ago, i have become immersed in the questio...
Peter Sheppard
Quotes of the week
"in all the best families, there’s a black sheep" cardinal carlos aguiar retes of mexico city criticises catholics who stole amazon statues ...
Staff writers
It's taken me a lifetime to understand Thomas à Kempis
it has long been a theory of mine that, like film classifications, books could carry a kind of age-appropriate rating. this wouldn’t be to c...
Fr Dominic Allain
Jesus teaches us how to turn to our Judge
the 30th sunday of the year eccl 35:12-14 & 16-19; 2 tim 4:6-8 & 16-18; lk 18:9-14 (year c) “the lord is close to the broken-hearted...
Bishop David McGough
Great Books courses are richly rewarding - but they have a fatal flaw
how to keep from losing your mind by deal hudson tan, 384pp, £22/$24.95 in the 1920s, some influential academics were dismayed to find that ...
Joseph Shaw
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