Catholic Church

there’s no place colder than the lombard plain in january, and nowhere colder in lombardy than the vast echoing church and cloisters of the ...

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

archbishop anthony fisher of sydney was one of the leading protagonists at last october’s youth synod in rome. in an outspoken address, he a...

Jordan Bloom

australia’s second youngest archbishop, archbishop anthony fisher op of sydney, has made quite an impression on the global church. speaking ...

Natasha Marsh

world youth day appeared, even for those of us who watched from afar, to be the church at her best – joyous, united, drawing energy for evan...

Fr Raymond de Souza

the kaiser should have faced justice sir – in his review of the trial of the kaiser (books, january 25), allan massie concludes that “german...

The Catholic Herald

treasures of westminster abbey by tony trowles scala art, 176pp, £16.99/$25 walking into once catholic churches appropriated by other religi...

James Baresel

hot protestants: a history of puritanism in england and america by michael winship yale university press, 351pp, £20/$28 hold on to your hat...

Jonathan Wright

christian music: a global history by tim dowley spck, 336pp, £14.99/$30 this revised and expanded version of a “global history” first publis...

Michael Duggan

cryptic across 7 pose stagehand as something else in matthew’s analogy (5,3,5) 8 undermine party that’s dogging the international team (4) 9...

Alun Evans

ulrich (or huldrych) zwingli (1484-1531) is considered to be, alongside luther and calvin, one of the three “fathers of the reformation”. ye...

Charles Coulombe