Catholic Church

it can be risky for headteachers to continue teaching pupils occasional lessons, after having long ceased to deliver examination curricula. ...

Dr James Whitehead

why does sheikh mansour own manchester city? because it is a good business. it’s a prestige purchase that gives him exposure. you could say ...

Miguel Cullen

damning words: the life and religious times of hl mencken by dg hart, eerdmans, £18.99 henry louis mencken worked hard to poke fun at religi...

Jonathan Wright

footprints in spain by simon courtauld, quartet, £20 ever since henry viii cast off catherine of aragon, we have had an uneasy relationship ...

David Twiston Davies

saints, shrines and pilgrims by roger rosewell (bloomsbury, £8.99) . saints were everywhere in medieval england. their shrines determined pi...

Staff writers

the seventh sunday of the year lev 19:1-2 & 17-18; 1 cor 3:16-23; mt 5: 38-45 (year a) ‘be holy, for i, the lord your god, am holy.” in ...

Bishop David McGough

this week brings the feast of st peter damian (d february 22, 1072 or 1073), doctor of the church (february 23 in the traditional calendar, ...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf

7th sunday in ordinary time: mt 5:38-48 38 “you have heard that it was said, ‘an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 but now i tell...

Mgr Anthony Abela

ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, february 19: seventh sunday in ordinary time lv 19:1-2, 17-18; ps 103; 1 cor 3:16-23; mt 5:38-4...

The Catholic Herald

1 archbishop bernard longley with four sisters celebrating their golden and diamond jubilees at st chad’s cathedral, birmingham: sister tere...

The Catholic Herald