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Pavarotti's giant appetite for life
any film about luciano pavarotti must deliver the kind of experience that made him the most admired and recognised singer of his age. pavaro...
Deal Hudson
A Catholic writer's revolutionary realism
morley callaghan (1903-1990), a catholic writer from toronto, set out to be a chronicler of the urban scene of his native city. he sought to...
David Staines
Diary: I hope Boris proves his old tutor wrong
what a pleasure it is to listen to the vatican news in latin – or hebdomada papae, notitiae vaticanae latine redditae , to give the broadcas...
Harry Mount
Meanwhile: Wine and Zeffirelli
for two millennia, europeans have been drinking similar wines, according to new research – and we have monks to thank. a paper in the journa...
Staff writers
The witty, cynical lost novel that reflects on the big questions
it is generally agreed that something happened to the culture in the 1960s. immediately during the post-war period, higher education was sti...
Francis Phillips
My grandfather's D-Day sacrifice
on the morning of june 6, while theresa may, president macron, and elderly veterans attended the unveiling of the new british normandy memor...
William Cash
Our true identity is revealed through the mystery of the Trinity
trinity sunday prov 8:22-31; rom 5:1-5; jn 16:12-15 (year c) as creatures, we can never penetrate the mystery of the one god revealed as fat...
Bishop David McGough
Good Omens is a travesty of eschatology
good omens on amazon prime is a five and one-half hour exercise in schoolboy humour, that is, a brand of humour practised by witty adolescen...
Carl Curtis
I've never seen a ghost, but I believe in them
i have never thought it strange that so many people do not believe in god. what i find peculiar is the number of people, many of them sane a...
Richard Ingrams
The sci-fi classic that rose out of Monte Cassino's ruins
it is often said that a writer’s inspiration can come from anywhere, but 75 years ago the muse was to be found falling from the bomb bays of...
Alfred Searls
Cardinal Pell's appeal: what we know so far
last week, cardinal pell’s appeal was heard at the supreme court of victoria’s court of appeal, presided by chief justice anne ferguson and ...
Natasha Marsh
US bishops vote to create hotline for reporting abuse by bishops
a nationwide third-party system for receiving confidential reports of "certain complaints" against bishops took a step closer to being imple...
Dennis Sadowski
More than a century later, Sagrada Familia gets building permit
after 137 years of ongoing construction, barcelona's sagrada familia received a building permit on friday. construction on the basilica is e...
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Prize crossword 0596
cryptic across 3 a gumboil not treated here is the end for saul (5,6) 7 first to come from ancient synagogues in a region around ephesus (4)...
Alun Evans
The Holy Spirit is our link to the early Church
on the hebrew shavuot or greek pentekosté the jews commemorated the descent of god’s law on mount sinai, wreathed in fire, 50 days after the...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
What it means to live in the Spirit of the Risen Lord
pentecost sunday acts 2: 1-11; 1 cor 12:3-7 & 12-13; jn 20:19-23 (year c) "when pentecost day came round, the apostles had all met in on...
Bishop David McGough
Is history driven by 'troublemakers'?
troublemakers by dieter thoma polity press, 400pp, £30/$45 two recent events have made german philosopher dieter thoma’s wide-ranging book t...
Matt Thorne
In memoriam: Claus von Bülow
claus von bülow, the catholic herald’s former theatre critic, has died aged 92. he made his debut on our books pages in 1998, with a review ...
David Oldroyd-Bolt
How Britain laid claim to Leonardo
this year is the 500th anniversary of the death of leonardo da vinci – and if you’re planning a visit to london this summer, check out the e...
David V Barrett
How a veteran reporter became Australia's defender of the faith
everybody knows that there is still one rule that keeps our civilisation intact: keep quiet about religion and politics. or at the very leas...
Natasha Marsh
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