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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
Christmas Eve marks 200th anniversary of beloved carol 'Silent Night'
exactly 200 years ago this christmas eve -- december 24, 1818 -- in a little church in what is now austria, the world heard for the first ti...
Richard Szczepanowski
Morning Catholic must-reads: 19/12/18
cardinal luis antonio tagle has implicitly criticised philippines president rodrigo duterte at the start of a christmas novena. the moscow p...
Luke Coppen
The joy of dining alone
"dining,” someone once said to me, when the subject of eating alone in restaurants came up, “is something you have to do with another person...
Robert Wargas
Is true independence on the way for Ukraine's Orthodox Christians?
last october, orthodox patriarch bartholomew of constantinople announced the creation of a new autocephalous (self-governing) national churc...
Fr Mark Drew
The myths that sustained the work of Tolkien and Lewis
inklings of truth: essays to mark the anniversaries of cs lewis and jrr tolkien, introduced and edited by paul shrimpton, has now been publi...
Francis Phillips
Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/12/18
advent requires a requires a “journey of conversion” , pope francis said at yesterday’s angelus ( full text ). discrimination against christ...
Luke Coppen
Why did Gabriel honour Mary? St Thomas Aquinas explains
it's always been fashionable to dislike st thomas aquinas, but never possible to get away from him. in their oedipal rage, young philosopher...
Michael Warren Davis
Pope approves new legislation governing Vatican City
pope francis has published new laws governing the administration of vatican city state, including the formation of a new oversight body for ...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
The most startling gesture on an opera stage in years
benjamin britten’s war requiem was composed for the opening of the new coventry cathedral in 1963, as a choral work to be performed in conce...
Michael White
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