Catholic Church

Prize crossword 0605

cryptic across 7 house within diocese is retro brown (6) 8 nice fathers sacked in gorbachev’s plan for russian transport (6) 9 joint effort ...
Alun Evans

How to… Understand the Assumption

the assumption of the blessed virgin mary has always been a teaching within the tradition of the catholic church and the orthodox church, wh...
The Catholic Herald

What I learned from celebrating Mass in the Ordinariate Use

i am a priest of the personal ordinariate of our lady of walsingham, having been part of the first group of former anglican clergy to be ord...
Fr Matthew Pittam

Olivier Roy: an impartial observer of Europe's crises

is europe christian? by olivier roy hurst, 112pp, £14.99/$19.99 everything seems to be about identity these days: politics, culture – even r...
Samuel Gregg

Letters: Being 'born again' cannot just be an emotional experience

to be born again, we need sacraments sir – with the greatest respect, i have to differ quite sharply from fr rolheiser’s article on the mean...
The Catholic Herald

What will you reap? An Anglo-Saxon tradition to help us take stock

august 1, in the traditional calendar of the roman rite the feast of st peter in chains, is also in the english agricultural calendar lammas...
Charles Coulombe

Brexit ire has replaced Catholic-bashing in Ireland

it has been well documented that brexit has worsened relations between britain and ireland. there’s a tendency, among the more brexity membe...
Mary Kenny

China and its critics should both take a close look at the past

in a recent article in this magazine, tim stanley upped the ante by suggesting that the government of china is “pure evil”. his observation ...
Lucien de Guise

The family needs defending more than ever

it’s no secret that marriage and family have been under heavy attack in western culture for quite some time. not intelligent attacks, mind y...
C C Pecknold

Could Catholicism have made Hemingway a great novelist?

ernest hemingway was reared by church-going parents as a congregationalist. his first son was christened in the church of england. then soon...
Allan Massie