Catholic Church

Prize crossword 0614

cryptic across 7 new zealander, troublesome and ludicrously lewd, outed a galilean (8) 8 brown horse leaves home after cow at last moves out...
Alun Evans

If you don't like Mozart, go and watch a football match

rough ideas by stephen hough faber, 464pp, £18.99/$21.46 stephen hough is famous for a lot of things, mostly to do with playing the piano. h...
Michael White

A new history of Christianity that upends Edward Gibbon

dominion by tom holland little, brown, 624pp, £25/$32 the romans are the most “epic” figures in history, as my son says about anything aweso...
Ed West

What Elgar had in common with the creator of Gerontius

sir edward elgar (1857-1934) is often caricatured as an establishment figure, while in truth he was a sensitive outsider. born near worceste...
Peter Davison

The anti-Catholic bigot who provoked a spiritual masterpiece

in 1863 john henry newman was sent a copy of an article that attacked his character. it had been written by charles kingsley, the popular no...
The Catholic Herald

Letters: Muslims are looking to bishops for support on sex education

muslim community is looking to bishops sir – professor david paton’s warning to catholic bishops to support parents in standing up to state ...
The Catholic Herald

The glory and the awkwardness of Newman's first trip to Rome after his conversion

when john henry newman travels to rome as the church’s most famous convert in october 1846, the vatican offers him a freshly decorated apart...
David Twiston Davies

'Ignorance imperils our democracy': College presidents on the mission of education

as students get settled in during these first few weeks on campus, new catholic college presidents are adjusting too. i recently spoke to th...
Kelly Salomon

Newman's consoling wisdom

what does john henry newman mean to ordinary catholics today? his intellectual works, such as his great tome the idea of a university or eve...
Mary Kenny

How Ireland changed Newman

while john henry newman is regarded as the most english of saints, his story is intimately connected to ireland. it is perhaps inevitable th...
The Catholic Herald