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A Renaissance painter of thrilling tactility
Lorenzo Lotto’s works rivalled the extravagance of his sitters
Laura Freeman
Sir James MacMillan reveals the poignant power of an obscure war poet
All the Hills and Vales Along is a stunning evocation of one young soldier's experience of the battlefield
Michael White
Why 'A Dance to the Music of Time' features little Catholicism but a lot of mumbo-jumbo
for many, myself among them, evelyn waugh, graham greene and anthony powell were the outstanding english novelists of the middle decades of ...
Allan Massie
How London greeted Handel’s astonishing gifts
handel in london by jane glover, macmillan, 448pp, £25, $29.95 to begin on a carping note, jane glover’s subtitle, the making of a genius, s...
Robert Gray
How to.... Help the Holy Souls
the souls in purgatory are our brothers and sisters, and there are several simple ways we can help to lessen their sufferings and speed them...
The Catholic Herald
Knight falls: The Order of Malta expels the author of 'The Dictator Pope'
when henry sire published his book the dictator pope last year, he knew it could bring reprisals. indeed, it was originally published pseudo...
Dan Hitchens
Catholics in California seek to consecrate the state to Mary
A film artist came up with the idea while praying in front of the Blessed Sacrament
Denis Grasska
Venice illuminated in red for Asia Bibi and all persecuted Christians
Pope Francis said the event 'will draw the due attention' to the suffering of Christians around the world
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/11/18
the incorrupt heart of the curé d’ars is touring the united states . poland’s bishops have begun collecting data on clerical abuse. austrian...
Luke Coppen
Thank you to our American readers
the us edition of the catholic herald has been up and running for only one week, but we’re already burrowing into the american conscience. (...
Robert Wargas
Algerian martyrs are models for the Church, archbishop says
archbishop paul desfarges of algiers has said that bishop pierre claverie and his 18 companions, who were martyred in algeria between 1994 a...
Catholic News Agency
The inspired scribblings of England's finest Catholic poet
on visiting the wren library in cambridge charles lamb had an unwelcome shock. inspecting the manuscript for milton’s lycidas, he was “stagg...
Michael Hurley
Confessions of a Scandinavian St Augustine
the end by karl ove knausgaard, harvill secker, 1,153pp, £25/$49.95 the english translation of the end, the final volume of the celebrated n...
Matt Thorne
Coke, Superman, Thanksgiving: the world's debt to US culture
inventing the american tradition by jack david eller, reaktion books, 304pp, £25/$30 where do traditions come from? their origins are genera...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Prize crossword 0568
cryptic across 1 insignificant number lacking zip in old musical brought back featuring, in sam, a naughty girl (6) 4 egyptian city’s almost...
Alun Evans
Airbrushing the Bible out of the First World War
for the soldiers in the trenches of the first world war, the comforts of faith were essential. indeed, so bravely did the french priests ser...
Mary Kenny
Heretic of the week
arius (ad 250 or 256–336) was a north african priest who taught that christ was not god. although his teaching was condemned by the council ...
Charles Coulombe
The Word this week
the 33rd sunday of the year daniel 12:1-13; hebrews 10:11-14 & 18; mark 13:24-32 (year b) "at that time michael will stand up, the great...
Bishop David McGough
Mass readings
ordinary form divine office week i sunday, november 18: the 33rd sunday of the year dn 12:1-3; ps 16; heb 10:11-14, 18; mk 13:24-32 mon...
The Catholic Herald
Letters & emails
let’s share cathedrals with anglicans sir – i found peter sheppard’s article (charterhouse, october 5) about the possibility of catholics re...
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