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how cardinal newman escaped the index sir – of course david mills (“we shouldn’t be ashamed of the index”, june 17) is right. today’s media,...

The Catholic Herald

Music: Making Messiaen sing in the dead of night

musicians aren’t expected to be early risers. so it was bizarre that last week at the aldeburgh festival , the pianist pierre-laurent aimard...

Briefly noted

the case for jesus by brant pitre (image books, £16). the author, professor of sacred scripture at notre dame seminary in new orleans, provi...

The elegiac spirit of Betjeman lives on

building jerusalem by kevin j gardener bloomsbury, £16.99 a betjeman-esque melancholy pervades these pages: not surprising, perhaps, since t...

Jonathan Wright

Is the Church ready for Boris?

david cameron’s resignation speech on friday marked a sudden end to his 11 years as leader of the conservative party. remain supporters heap...

Madeleine Teahan

Patriarchs agree to meet regularly

in the final message of the pan-orthodox council, more than 200 bishops from 10 churches affirmed their full unity with one another and with...

Francis: Benedict XVI is ‘immersed in God’

benedict xvi’s decision to retire and live a life dedicated to prayer is an important lesson for the world’s priests, pope francis has said....

‘An immense tragedy is unfolding before us’

pope francis and the head of the armenian apostolic church, catholicos karekin ii, have appealed for common action on behalf of persecuted c...

Pope: we ought to apologise to gay people

christians must ask forgiveness for ways they have discriminated against gay people or fostered hostility towards them, pope francis has sai...

In brief

westminster diocese gains six new priests cardinal vincent nichols ordained six men to the priesthood at westminster cathedral last week. th...