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Why the Via Crucis is not just for Lent
it might seem unseasonal to blog about caryll houselander’s the way of the cross after easter (gracewing/angelico press, £5.95); my justific...
Francis Phillips
Humility should be the foundation of media work, Pope tells journalists
pope francis told journalists on saturday that their profession has a great responsibility, the foundation of which should be humility. “hum...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
The day Catholic students took on the KKK - and won
the ku klux klan seems like a bit of a joke to most people today, but in the 1920s the organisation was extremely influential. in some state...
Filipe D'Avillez
In an iconoclastic age, Memorial Day survives
this year, memorial day falls on may 27. in my far-off childhood, it was fixed on may 30. but like so many other civil holidays, in 1971 it ...
Charles Coulombe
Poetry and science are both rooted in imagination
the poetry and music of science by tom mcleish oup, 384pp, £25/$35 this book attracted my eye because i combine my role as a science columni...
Quentin de la Bedoyere
Is Protestantism the gateway to secularism?
permanent revolution by james simpson belknap, 464pp, £25.95/$35 the reformation is often depicted as the cradle of many excellent ideas: th...
Jonathan Wright
Aretha Franklin, witness to the Gospel
in january 1972, aretha franklin travelled to los angeles to join her good friend pastor james cleveland and the southern california communi...
Deal Hudson
How St Benedict's abbey survived Goths, Saracens and Nazis
‘next time you invade italy, don’t start at the bottom.” that was the post-war puckish advice to a british officer from the german general i...
Allan Mallinson
The Week Ahead: beatification, ordinations and Marian motets
saturday may 18 sees the beatification of guadalupe ortiz (1916-75) in her birthplace of madrid. she will be the first beatified lay member ...
The Catholic Herald
The abuse crisis is Satan's masterpiece - but he will be defeated
bishop barron has just published the fatherly letter on the sexual abuse crisis i’ve been longing to read. he begins with an arresting image...
C C Pecknold
Beijing and Rome can work together, Parolin tells Chinese media
in an interview with a chinese state-run publication, vatican secretary of state cardinal pietro parolin welcomed the opportunity for china ...
Courtney Grogan/CNA
5,000 march for life in Westminster
the annual march for life took place in london on saturday, with an estimated 5,000 pro-lifers taking to the streets, according to organiser...
Staff Reporter
Meet the evangelists saving souls in Wall Street
as i write this book blog i am reminded that may 13 is the feast of our lady of fatima. in one of her apparitions, our lady told the little ...
Francis Phillips
Communion and the Church's mess
there was an odd story from holy week about the new man in the chilean capital, santiago. bishop celestino aós, the apostolic administrator ...
Fr Raymond de Souza
Letters & Emails
the betrayal of the church in china sir – your leader, “east of eden” (may 3), expresses timely if overly respectful doubt about current vat...
The Catholic Herald
The Week in Quotations
"christians are confused… each day in rome i receive discouraged and suffering priests. the church is going through the dark night" cardinal...
The Catholic Herald
Christ is our Shepherd. He cares about each one of us
our limited imaginations will always struggle to grasp the all-embracing nature of christ’s resurrection. life’s inevitable wounds and our f...
Bishop David McGough
Even Bach struggled to capture the Resurrection in music
bach’s two great surviving passions – st matthew and st john – conclude at the tomb. there is no resurrection music. bach knows, of course, ...
Francis O’Gorman
The Big Story: Academics accuse the Pope of heresy
what happened? a group of academics and priests have accused pope francis of committing the canonical crime of heresy. the group, which incl...
The Catholic Herald
From American Psycho to Charlie Hebdo
in may 2015, some 200 members of pen america, a respected literary organisation to which many writers belong, decided not to present the sur...
Ian Thomson
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