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Nun and art critic Sister Wendy Beckett dies aged 88
She achieved international fame presenting TV documentaries on art history
Staff Reporter
Pope's Urbi et Orbi address: peace and consolation from the birth of the Saviour
on christmas, pope francis prayed for peace and renewed brotherhood in syria, yemen, venezuela, nicaragua, and other parts of the world expe...
Courtney Grogan/CNA
What is Pope Francis doing in 2019?
The Pope has a busy schedule, but February's meeting on abuse could be a defining moment
Cindy Wooden
Omnium Gatherum
the image’s deceptive simplicity is of an order accomplished only by a master. brown ink pen strokes. brown wash. traces of black lead. the ...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
2018 was a good year to be a book reviewer. Here's why
not all book reviewers are as despondent and sore oppressed as the one depicted by orwell in a bleak essay. some of us, after years in the g...
Allan Massie
Musical magic in Ludlow
anybody interested in english song will know the shropshire town of ludlow as the place where “lads in their hundreds ... come in for the fa...
Michael White
The explosive and enigmatic stained glass of Harry Clarke
where the imagery of christmas is concerned, i am an old fogey. i like to be surrounded by cards bearing paintings of the holy family by old...
Michael Duggan
How to feast like a medieval Catholic
"good day, sir christmas, our king!” proclaims an english carol of the 15th century, welcoming the beginning of the christmas season, and te...
Eleanor Parker
‘Beauty can lead to faith’ – an interview with the director of the Vatican Museums
barbara jatta, the first woman to direct the vatican museums in their 512-year history, says that she grew up amid the smells of solvent. he...
Desmond O'Grady
My marathon church tour
on a recent sunday, i went to three church services and a synagogue – all in one morning. well, to be honest, i went to little bits of three...
Harry Mount
Christmas Quiz
this light-hearted entertainment involves 13 clues whose solutions, when rearranged, lead to an answer consisting of two seasonal lines. it ...
Nick Thomas
Our society needs a Scrooge-like conversion
forget the panto; the classy destination in the run-up to christmas in london is simon callow’s terrific one-man rendition of a christmas ca...
Melanie McDonagh
Christmas brought out the best in GK Chesterton
every year for more than 30 years, gk chesterton wrote five or six articles and a number of poems about christmas. chesterton’s friend and b...
William Oddie
The staggering artistic legacy of Pope Julius II
pope julius ii, born giuliano della rovere, has come down to us as “the warrior pope”. this is with good reason: his pontificate, which last...
Stephen Withnell
Ignore the critics. 'It's a Wonderful Life' is a wise tribute to everyday heroism
it’s almost christmas, which means that somewhere a critic is sharpening his pen for that staple of yuletide contrarianism, your beloved fes...
Niall Gooch
George Bernard Shaw's unconvincing atheism
when it came to playing the part of a curmudgeon, george bernard shaw seemed to enjoy the role, and there are few better examples of this th...
Fr George Rutler
I'm dreaming of a noir Christmas
perhaps because red and green look garish together, or because roasted chestnuts have no taste, or because “everyone telling you be of good ...
Matthew Schmitz
Despite the superficial materialism, December in New York is still magical
The secular hijacking of Christmas can be frustrating, but beneath the glitter and sentimentality are love and happiness
R.R. Reno
CTS is closing its flagship Westminster store. But this isn't the end
it has long been perhaps the most dangerous catholic bookshop in london. “it’s terrible, this place,” customers have been heard to complain....
Dan Hitchens
Rome at Christmas: a not-so-silent night
Christmas in Rome is jam-packed with crowds, cribs and roasted chestnuts
Christopher R. Altieri
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