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Omnium Gatherum
after epiphany, the church teases forth into liturgical celebrations different manifestations of the lord’s divinity, including his baptism ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
When did stained glass lose its soul?
how to look at stained glass by jane brocket ib tauris, 256pp, £12.99/$20 almost as soon as i began reading jane brocket’s how to look at st...
Michael Duggan
Praying out of habit is better than not praying at all
in his first audience of 2019, pope francis urged the faithful not to “parrot” their prayers – and to cease trying to “flatter” god by repea...
Mary Kenny
The secret music composed by medieval nuns
it’s an almost unbelievable statistic, but according to professor laurie stras, an academic at huddersfield university and noted authority o...
Michael White
The genius of Richard John Neuhaus
richard john neuhaus, who died 10 years ago this week, was a master of words who was mastered by the word. whether he was speaking at anti-w...
Matthew Schmitz
Why the 'yellow jacket' movement will never take off in Britain
do you get more scared as you get older? i’m increasingly worried by the prospect of accidental death or serious injury. whenever i used to ...
Harry Mount
The genius of Richard John Neuhaus
richard john neuhaus, who died 10 years ago this week, was a master of words who was mastered by the word. whether he was speaking at anti-w...
Matthew Schmitz
Ecumenical Patriarch recognizes independence of Orthodox Church of Ukraine
the ecumenical patriarch of constantinople on saturday signed a tomos of autocephaly for the orthodox church of ukraine, formally recognizin...
Carl Bunderson/CNA
Chad Pecknold joins Catholic Herald as contributing editor
as we announced last week. c.c. pecknold will be joining the catholic herald as a contributing editor. an associate ...
Michael Warren Davis
Solzhenitsyn saw how suffering could be redemptive
last december saw a significant centenary: 100 years since the birth of alexander solzhenitsyn, the russian writer and winner of the nobel p...
Francis Phillips
Like the Magi, follow Christ's light, Pope Francis says
to be clothed in the divine light of christ, follow the example of the three magi, who put aside worldly power and success and rose to follo...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/01/19
“we must not let our fears close our heart," pope francis said at yesterday's angelus ( full text , full video ). to find jesus, we must fol...
Luke Coppen
Why the Soviet Union failed to eradicate religion
there is a very affecting scene at the end of turgenev’s mid-nineteenth century novel, fathers and sons, when bazarov, the resolute young at...
Francis Phillips
Remembering our many Epiphany traditions
one of the sad byproducts of the endless “holiday season” that stretches from halloween on (or, in recent years, even earlier – creating a w...
Charles Coulombe
The Word this Week
the epiphany of the lord is 60:1-6; eph 3:2-3 & 5-6; mt 2:1-12 (year c) the celebration of the epiphany is, in many ways, a joyful medit...
Bishop David McGough
Experimental novelist Murakami is sounding like a broken record
killing commendatore by haruki murakami, harvill secker, 702pp, £20/$30 isolation is central to the work of japanese novelist haruki murakam...
Matt Thorne
Do we need another Churchill biography?
churchill: walking with destiny by andrew roberts allen lane, 1,152pp, £35/$40 if some kind soul gave you a handful of notes to spend, ...
David Oldroyd-Bolt
2019 is the year of Leonardo da Vinci
the single currency devised by the european union, the euro, is 20 years old this month. my personal disappointment with this financial inno...
Mary Kenny
Panama is sparing no expense on this month's World Youth Day
what kind of a panama will pope francis encounter when he visits the country for world youth day later this month? the country is as catholi...
Miguel Cullen
Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/01/19
patriarch kirill has told patriarch bartholomew that if he recognises an independent ukrainian church he will “stop being the primate of the...
Luke Coppen
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