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Diary: by Sarah Sands

one of the great novels on sickness and death is thomas mann’s the magic mountain. i have been reading it because of a norfolk-based interes...
sarah sands

Letter from the Editor: Crisis in the Church and growth for the Herald

i enjoyed reading peter frankopan’s diary for this issue, in which he admits that writing a book is a “very spiritual experience”. after his...
William Cash

Deeper insight into Mary, Queen of Scots

a moving and insightful treasure trove of her ‘lost letters’ has been discovered online, writes gertrude clark. the “most important new find...
Gertrude Clarke

What does Pope Francis really think about homosexuality and sin?

there was a flurry of correspondence between the tireless lgbtq+ activist fr james martin and pope francis on saturday 27   january.&nb...
Gavin Ashenden

Piero’s new-look Nativity

after three years of painstaking work, piero della francesca’s famous nativity, from the early 1480s, returned to public display in the nati...
Hugh Kerr

Did Dahl even like children?

roald dahl: teller of the unexpected matthew dennison head of zeus, £20, 264 pages perhaps my favourite roald dahl story – and one not, alas...
Alexander Larman

Merely Catholic Podcast: Re-imagining English Catholicism

serenhedd james joins gavin ashenden for this 30th episode of merely catholic to talk about why it has been historically difficult to be bot...
The Catholic Herald

Worth the wait: Piero’s "Nativity" unveiled in all its glory

after three years of painstaking work, piero della francesca’s famous nativity , from the early 1480s, has returned to public display in the...
Hugh Kerr

CCLA leads calls for large UK companies to provide cost of living support to low paid

( photograph of peter hugh smith courtesy of ccla ) a 17-strong investor coalition has called for the largest uk companies to provide better...
Hugh Kerr

UK Catholic Leaders of Today 2022: Introduction

once again, our editorial team and advisory board have got together to produce the herald’s annual uk catholic leaders of today special repo...
The Catholic Herald