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Many comedians have a Catholic background - and no wonder
back when the united states was primarily dominated – both in numbers and in culture – by the wasps, a strange paradox emerged which has rem...
Charles Coulombe
Cardinal Dulles was a quintessentially American thinker
a quarter of a century of friendship with cardinal avery dulles, sj, who died 10 years ago this month, left me with many happy memories. two...
George Weigel
Newman's greatest achievement: putting the personal over the abstract
what were shakespeare’s greatest play and leonardo’s greatest painting? the very questioning is contentious and sparks verbal wars, most vio...
Fr George Rutler
The 'gay network' claims which reach far beyond Connecticut
the day after the raid on sante fe, the rector of holy apostles college and seminary in the archdiocese of hartford came forward to discuss ...
Michael Warren Davis
Casting off 'rules and rigidity' won't save the Irish Church
5 years to save the irish church talks from the national columba book conference, columba books, 94pp, £7.99/$10 let’s cut to the chase. wha...
Michael Duggan
How English choirs recovered from the Reformation - eventually
i saw eternity the other night by timothy day, allen lane, 416pp, £25/$30 in a few weeks’ time, on christmas eve, the famous festival of nin...
Michael White
Henry VI: The well-meaning ruler whose world fell to pieces
henry vi and margaret of anjou by amy license, pen and sword books, 256pp, £19.99/$35 during my days as an undergraduate, a professor of his...
James Baresel
Omnium Gatherum
this week we celebrate our blessed mother’s immaculate conception and the feast of st lucy, virgin and martyr. lucy, from the latin word lux...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
We like the idea of salvation, until it requires serious engagement
on the eve of advent sunday i attended handel’s messiah performed by the brilliant schola cantorum of london’s cardinal vaughan memorial sch...
Fr Dominic Allain
Should priests accused of abuse be denied public funerals?
in wild swans , the family memoir by jung chang, she discusses what happened when her father died. he had been an important member of the ch...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Forget Christmas carols. Advent is the perfect time to rediscover traditional chant
people love christmas carols. but, whether we hear carols in the children’s nativity play, played in the shops, on the radio or in the paris...
Matthew Ward
Pope Francis calls for unity with Orthodox Churches
on the feast of st. andrew the apostle, pope francis told the ecumenical patriarch of constantinople that while the holy spirit has in recen...
Catholic News Agency
Damien Hirst’s theology of the body
you must see the edward burne-jones exhibition at tate britain in london, especially if you love myths and legends, heroes and monsters. jon...
Tim Stanley
The Bath Mozartfest: radiant joy
it can often feel in music as though tragedy sets the agenda, valuing the dark and sad as more substantial than the bright and joyful. but t...
Michael White
Has your toaster got cyber-security? It may soon need it
A new study by a security expert
Jamie Bartlett
Germany’s discontents
Peter Hitchens visits Germany and Scandinavia
Peter Hitchens
Our lack of welcome
"widows, orphans and strangers”: that’s code in scripture for the three most vulnerable groups within a society at any given time. and both ...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/11/18
history will conclude with christ's eternal reign , pope francis said at yesterday's angelus ( full text , full video ). bishop robert morli...
Luke Coppen
Twenty years on, Youth 2000 has a new project: forming missionary disciples
it was 1990 and i was studying for my university exams when i received a phone call from a mysterious benefactor. “i’d like to help you,” th...
Robert Toone
Behind the scenes at the world’s most celebrated Passion Play
Every ten years, half the population of the small town of Oberammergau appears in the spectacular production
Michael White
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