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An historical study worth waiting for

a biographical dictionary of english architecture, 1540-1640 mark girouard yale, £40, 372 pages mark girouard, born a catholic in 1937, is t...

Catholic former soldier Tom Tugendhat enters race to be next Prime Minister

a catholic mp has thrown his hat in the ring to be the next prime minister following the downfall of boris johnson. tom tugendhat, the conse...

The Paraclete

it will not be until the last sunday in june that we return to green vestments and our regular cycle of readings from st luke’s gospel. the ...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Light a candle for St Benet’s Hall

once gone, st benet's hall will be impossible to replace , writes alumnus damian collins mp like all current and former students of st benet...

Bishops scrap final Covid restrictions by restoring 'Sunday obligation' to attend Mass from Pentecost

the obligation for catholics to attend mass on sunday and holy days is to be re-introduced in england and wales from pentecost. the decision...

Britten's "Peter Grimes" is a tale for our times

covent garden’s powerful production of "peter g rimes" pulls no punches, writes michael white the seaside town of aldeburgh, in suffolk, has...

Saving children’s lives

we won, we won, we won, repeated shelina begum in a near state of shock, and blinking back tears as mr justice macdonald announced that her ...

Sustenance for mind and body

when i was at school, the announcement of the annual lenten retreat was awaited with some pleasure. it was a one-day event, held at various ...

Faithful unto death

in the mid-1950s, the composer francis poulenc was commissioned to write a new opera. his choice of story – the martyrdom of a group of carm...

Police to allow priests access to crime scenes following outcry over Sir David Amess murder

revised national guidelines for the college of policing will allow for sacramental access at crime scenes where operationally possible follo...