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Wild liturgy with the kitchen sink thrown in
what is a catholic to make of a “mass” in which the celebrant throws the host to the ground and smashes the communion chalice in fury? the a...
Damian Thompson
A melancholy trip among the Travellers
the stopping places by damian le bas, chatto and windus, 320pp, £15 where have they all gone? well might you ask. there was a time when the ...
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
The popes and American racism
who are you? what is your name? is a work of controlled fury. it opens with an account of the chaos triggered by president trump’s executive...
Michael Duggan
A case for Remain that’s only a little annoying
the will of the people by albert weale, polity press, 121pp, £9.99 "this book was written in a hurry” are the opening lines here; they hardl...
Patrick West
Richard Ingrams: The author who saw Ireland change utterly
when i first went to ireland in 1962, it seemed like a foreign country – more foreign than france, even though the inhabitants spoke the sam...
Richard Ingrams
The importance of silence in Christianity
Alain Corbin has written a detailed history of silence
Francis Phillips
A masterpiece of Catholic art is unveiled in Malta
Manuel Farrugia's Christ the King fresco in Paola, Malta shows modern church art need not be ugly
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
China is trying to bully me – but I won't be silenced
Threatening letters have been sent to my mother
Benedict Rogers
Priests forever
on saturday two men prostrated themselves on the cool flagstones of st george’s cathedral during their priestly ordination for the archdioce...
The Catholic Herald
Dallas Charter: Back to the drawing board
do the current child protection norms need a radical overhaul? the scandal of cardinal theodore mccarrick’s alleged abuse has just become ev...
Michael Warren Davis
How not to get rich
losing your religion can be good for your wealth, claims a new study carried out by the universities of bristol and tennessee. it argues tha...
Mary Kenny
Film: A thoughtful take on the miracle industry
how can the church deal with claims of apparitions in an increasingly secular, disbelieving world? that is one of the questions at the heart...
Will Gore
A walk through the ‘side passages’ of religion
city of the good by michael bell, princeton, 360pp, £25 i like it when a book opens with an epiphany. michael bell, a sociology professor at...
Michael Duggan
Omnium Gatherum
shall we look at the collect for this sunday’s holy mass in the ordinary form? protector in te sperantium, deus, sine quo nihil est validum,...
Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Prize crossword 0552
cryptic across 5 graphic details portrayed on local maps (3,6) 8 in jordan on every level, primarily, there’s a prophet (4) 9 old actor: in ...
Alun Evans
Catholic magazine compares Italy's Matteo Salvini to Satan
Salvini has said the Famiglia Cristiana cover is in bad taste and that many Catholics support him
Staff Reporter
How long until students denounce Shakespeare as a white imperialist?
White male writers are being attacked for who they are rather than what they write
Francis Phillips
Pope accepts resignation of bishop accused of sexual and financial misconduct
Bishop Juan José Pineda is an auxiliary to Cardinal Maradiaga, one of the Pope's closest confidantes
Staff Reporter
Head of Vatican commission says contraception is 'intrinsically wrong'
There had been speculation that Mgr Gilfredo Marengo's commission would challenge Church teaching
Dan Hitchens
The Vatican: When churches convert
the vatican is drawing up guidelines for the sale of deconsecrated buildings does not god dwell here anymore? that is the question a confere...
Christopher R. Altieri
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