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Venerable English College opens doors to public for first time to mark the Jubilee
the venerable english college in rome is opening its doors to the public for the first time in its history in the jubilee year. the guided t...
The Catholic Herald
‘Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven’ (Luke 6:23).
in sunday’s gospel, the word used for ‘leaping for joy’ in response to hatred is the same as that which described john the baptist leaping i...
Fr David Howell
Feast for the ears: some listening choices from the Herald's musician-in-residence
casting our eyes back a little, felix mendelssohn’s oratorio paulus (st paul) achieved considerable success after its first performance in 1...
Tom Winpenny
Conclave revisited: what might actually make a man unfit to be pope?
the pope and his cardinals make surprising stars for a blockbuster. edward berger’s thriller conclave, which eschews the traditional memes t...
Miles Pattenden
How to read like a Christian – and avoid lazy thinking
nearly a hundred years ago, the english writer ia richards coined a phrase that has become a mainstay of literary studies. “all respectable ...
Nick Ripatrazone
The Amalfi's extraordinary Hotel Convento: but can (or should) spirituality and luxury co-exist?
on the gulf of salerno, across the water from the ancient greek settlement of paestum and the pastures of water buffalo that make the region...
LucyLethbridge
Anglican sex scandals are made worse by power abuse and a lack of accountability
you might be tempted to think the scandal that has caused the resignation of the anglican bishop of liverpool is about sex. but in fact, it'...
Gavin Ashenden
The incredible courage and faith of French friar Father Marie-Benoît, Holocaust rescuer
many ordinary, humble priests and religious worked hard to save the lives of endangered jewish people in nazi-occupied europe, but this capu...
Heather Tomlinson
The Pope is wrong to deride lace and frills — it’s important to dress well for Mass
pope francis is well known for shunning the glitz and the glam that goes with the office of pope. but, in case there was any doubt, he doubl...
Portia Berry-Kilby
Pope lauds role and need for women in top Vatican jobs
pope francis has said he will soon name another women to a key role overseeing administration of the vatican city state. it comes in the wak...
Elise Allen
Full to the brim: Trusting in Mary's command
‘now there were six stone water jars there for the jewish rites of purification, each holding seventy or one hundred litres’ (john 2:6). in ...
Fr David Howell
Pope's autobiography sheds light on his complex and contradictory mind
hope, the autobiography by pope francis penguin/viking £25 hope, the autobiography is billed as the first ever biography to be publish...
Melanie McDonagh
Rediscovered Raphael: The quest to save the De Brécy Tondo for the nation
the de brécy tondo , a circular devotional painting of the madonna and child, is the subject of 40 years’ meticulous research as a putative ...
TimothyBenoy
The next moves in chess game between Trump and Pope Francis
rome – president-elect donald trump and pope francis are leaders with such vastly different agendas and perspectives that it’s tempting to i...
John Allen
Cardinal Timothy Dolan to again say inauguration prayer for President Trump
cardinal timothy dolan will lead the opening prayer at the inauguration of donald trump as the 47th us president on 20 january. the cardinal...
The Catholic Herald
Pope Francis appoints first woman in history to lead Vatican department
rome – pope francis this week made the novel decision to appoint the first-ever woman as prefect of a vatican department, naming italian con...
Elise Allen
The mysterious Easterners who dreamt God's dream
and being warned in a dream not to return to herod, they departed to their own country by another way. (matthew 2:12) at the end of sunday’s...
Fr David Howell
Human dignity is no longer a given in the modern world: the Church must protect it
what it means to be a human being is neither simple nor obvious. for this reason, i was not that surprised by the responses to dignitas infi...
peterhannah
Whatever happened to the papal tiara?
the triple crown – that oversized, turban-shaped, jewel-encrusted, gold-and-silver helmet – traditionally epitomised the pope’s power as god...
Miles Pattenden
Rediscovering a Gothic genius: the V&A's great Pugin exhibition, thirty years on
on 15 june 1994, an exhibition opened at london’s victoria and albert museum devoted to the life and work of augustus welby northmore pugin....
Paul Atterbury
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