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notre dame, indiana christopher columbus murals to be covered up notre dame university has decided to cover up its 19th-century murals depic...

Staff writers

oliver cromwell reportedly paused over the body of charles i – freshly liberated of its head – and muttered, “cruel necessity.” no doubt he ...

Michael Warren Davis

on january 8, authorities in vietnam demolished hundreds of homes in an area known as loc hung vegetable garden in ho chi minh city. in a ma...

Staff Reporter

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

the bbc has wholeheartedly thrown its lot in with the liberal reformers; there has been no “impartiality” on any of the big moral issues of ...

Robin Aitken

are fat people fat because they’re greedy – gluttony being one of the seven deadly sins – or are they fat because of their genes? and are sl...

Mary Kenny

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

fourth sunday of the year jer 1:4-5 & 17-19; 1 cor 12:31 - 13:13; lk 4:21-30 (year c) "before i formed you in the womb i knew you; befor...

Bishop David McGough

a recent issue of the spectator featured a surprising article. it was self-critical, apolitical and highly readable. commissioning editor ma...

Lucien de Guise