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Why preachers – and politicians – shouldn't speak from notes
i have been told that not so very long ago – certainly in my lifetime – if and when an mp read out his speech in parliament he would be gree...
Richard Ingrams
Prize crossword 0615
cryptic across 7 after dissolute heir apparent’s wild spree, gets kicked out of iranian section (8) 8 bob in the old days with a mournf...
Alun Evans
Sacha Baron Cohen is superb in this tense thriller
it’s ironic that many series on television today are rated “ma” (mature audiences), when realistically they should be labelled “aa”, for ado...
Carl Curtis
Liberty and religion are drifting apart
when alexis de tocqueville visited america in the 1830s, he was struck by how radically it differed from france. in his home country, the pa...
Matthew Schmitz
Meanwhile: Lionel Ritchie at the Vatican
the amazon synod may end on october 27, but for those who can’t get enough of vatican events concerning the region, a christmas concert will...
Staff writers
Heretic of the week: John Nelson Darby
john nelson darby (1800-1882) was the most prominent co-founder of the plymouth brethren, a group which has numbered many famous names among...
Charles Coulombe
Let's surrender our divisions to the Lord's healing
the 28th sunday of the year 2 kgs 5:14-17; 2 tim 2 8-13; lk 17:11-19 (year c) "all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our god....
Bishop David McGough
If you don't like Mozart, go and watch a football match
rough ideas by stephen hough faber, 464pp, £18.99/$21.46 stephen hough is famous for a lot of things, mostly to do with playing the piano. h...
Michael White
The anti-Catholic bigot who provoked a spiritual masterpiece
in 1863 john henry newman was sent a copy of an article that attacked his character. it had been written by charles kingsley, the popular no...
The Catholic Herald
Newman's consoling wisdom
what does john henry newman mean to ordinary catholics today? his intellectual works, such as his great tome the idea of a university or eve...
Mary Kenny
Diary: Working on the canonisation team has been an experience of grace
the last week of our preparations for the newman canonisation has begun. as i pack my bags to go to rome and prepare for the occasion, this ...
Fr George Bowen
The week ahead: canonisation, rosaries, and a retreat
john henry newman will be canonised on sunday, october 13, during mass at the vatican attended by prince charles and a delegation of british...
Staff writers
St Thérèse, Newman and an extraordinary journey into the Church
one day ethel, the wife of alexander james grant, a scottish presbyterian pastor, left a newspaper in her husband’s office. it was a copy of...
The Catholic Herald
In the spiritual battle, what banner do we rally to?
there are cyclamen growing wild beneath the trees and the canopy of the forest begins to turn from deep green to burnished red and gold. it ...
Fr Dominic Allain
Not just breakfast: How Tiffany revolutionised the stained-glass window
eternal light by catherine shotick d giles, 82pp, £20/$25 in the 19th century artistic movements attempted to revive styles associated with ...
James Baresel
War and peace in faerieland
carnival row (amazon prime drama series) opens with a prologue, as a tale of strange places, peoples and creatures must. it’s spoken by vign...
Carl Curtis
The tiny chalice that tells the story of Lithuania's heroic priests
the highlight of the consistory for new cardinals on october 5 will be the bestowal of the red hat on archbishop sigitas tamkevičius, emerit...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Amazon synod: Will the faith get lost in the rainforest?
for three weeks in october, 185 bishops, missionaries and scholars, mostly from south america and europe, will meet in rome at amazon synod....
Todd Hartch
Diary: We academics can benefit from Newman's understanding of the heart
diaries are a dizzying technology. they are a subject equally worthy of a sonnet and a philosophical treatise. even the most humble daily re...
Michael Hurley
Pope Francis has the tools to reduce tensions. Will he use them?
if there were a way to convey in a single sentence what is needed amid all the talk of schism, it would be, “everybody calm down: things are...
Christopher R. Altieri
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