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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
Heretic of the week: Neville Goddard
neville goddard (1905-1972), was born to a white family in st michael’s, barbados. regardless of whether they were wealthy at his birth (acc...
Charles Coulombe
Music isn't a distraction - it points to divine beauty
this week the world of church music is mourning two great losses. last friday, sir stephen cleobury died at the age of 70 after a long illne...
The Catholic Herald
Prince Andrew’s unanswered questions
many people watching prince andrew’s television interview at the weekend will have been thinking of the impact on the queen – watching the s...
Mary Kenny
How ‘flawless’ music is killing creativity
some years ago, i attended a live performance of berlioz’s titanic requiem, played by a combined ensemble comprising the city of birmingham ...
Peter Davison
An Egyptian extravaganza that costs an arm and a leg
the tutankhamun exhibition at the saatchi gallery, near london’s sloane square, is on its third stop on a 10-country tour. it’s the last tim...
David V Barrett
The city where the Crusaders’ dream died
the accursed tower by roger crowley, yale, 256pp, £20/$28 the press release that accompanied this attractive hardback asked whether this boo...
The Catholic Herald
When people really believed in fairies
fairies: a dangerous history by richard sugg, reaktion books, 279pp, £9.99/$16.95 do you believe in fairies? many of us would say no, then p...
David V Barrett
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