Culture

Why leading a virtuous life is the key to happiness

every theology enthusiast – i would never use the term  dork  – has, at some point, identified himself with one of two factions: t...

Michael Warren Davis

Why Anglo-Catholicism appeals to millennials

"twentysomethings are flocking to anglo-catholic services" shouted a headline in the times above an article featuring my church, st bartholo...

The Pope's Abu Dhabi trip has vindicated Benedict XVI's Regensburg lecture

pope francis made history this week when he became the first catholic pontiff to visit the united arab emirates – which is to say, the arabi...

Ken Russell's 'The Devils' is badly misunderstood

bill donohue, president of the catholic league, recently condemned the new york times for using a picture of “a nun in habit standing behind...

'So many people are not listening': an interview with Cardinal Brenes

in granada, a city in western nicaragua, vast colonial houses with peeling pastel façades stand in the searing sun. horses and carts bounce ...

Rachel Collingwood

An odd combination: 'Bill Viola/Michelangelo: Life, Death, Rebirth' reviewed

most of the archers in michelangelo’s archers shooting at a herm (c 1530) have forgotten their bows. they stretch as if to draw their string...

Mariss Jansons ranks at the very top of the world league of conductors

foreign orchestras fly into london frequently enough for them to pass unnoticed. but when the bavarian radio symphony came to the barbican l...

The 'God debate' has moved on from Dawkins

it keeps me seeking by andrew briggs, andrew steane and hans halvorson, oup, 368pp, £19.99/$30 this work illustrates rather nicely the law o...

Alister McGrath

Spiritual books: how to sanctify your daily life

first published in 1946, when the future cardinal stefan wyszyński was bishop of lublin, sanctify your daily life (ewtn/gracewing, 192pp, £1...

Francis Phillips

Evangelisation is a tightrope - but Our Lady can help us find our balance

mary, star of evangelization: tilling the soil and sowing the seed by jacob phillips paulist press, 192pp, £24.99/$24.95 pity the catholic e...

Senator Booker quizzes judicial nominee on 'sin' and same-sex marriage

sen. cory booker (d-nj) used a confirmation hearing of the senate judiciary committee to question a judicial nominee about her views on the ...

Catholic News Agency

The Pope's Abu Dhabi trip has vindicated Benedict XVI's Regensburg lecture

pope francis made history this week when he became the first catholic pontiff to visit the united arab emirates – which is to say, the arabi...

The London households that host virtuoso musicians

the saddest funerals are those that mark the end not only of a life but also of a culture that surrounded it; and an example was the funeral...

How to… Mark Candlemas

on february 2, even the most diehard acknowledge that it’s time to put away the crib, take down the mistletoe and leave the season of christ...

The Catholic Herald

Britain's abortion lobbyists are hard at work. But we can resist them

in july 2017, a month after the last general election, some of the top figures in britain’s abortion industry were in ebullient mood. one of...

Obesity: genes or gluttony?

are fat people fat because they’re greedy – gluttony being one of the seven deadly sins – or are they fat because of their genes? and are sl...

Letters & emails

the kaiser should have faced justice sir – in his review of the trial of the kaiser (books, january 25), allan massie concludes that “german...

The Catholic Herald

How Westminster Abbey suffered from no longer being Catholic

treasures of westminster abbey by tony trowles scala art, 176pp, £16.99/$25 walking into once catholic churches appropriated by other religi...

Christians will always be inspired – and divided – by music

christian music: a global history by tim dowley spck, 336pp, £14.99/$30 this revised and expanded version of a “global history” first publis...

The romantic novelist who lived like a nun

a recent issue of the spectator featured a surprising article. it was self-critical, apolitical and highly readable. commissioning editor ma...

Lucien de Guise

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