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Convert Stories: Charles Moore joins the universal Church and finds his politics challenged

the  catholic herald 's extraordinary archives include many convert stories, which we will feature from time to time. interviewed in 19...

FromtheArchives

The Catholic Herald reviews The Hobbit

the catholic herald reviewed j. r. r. tolkien's the hobbit about a month after it appeared. the review in the "children's  catholic her...

FromtheArchives

C. S. Lewis Would Have Approved of CRT

tory christian though he was, i think c. s. lewis would have approved of critical race theory, at least the way it understands human limitat...

Outliving Myself: On Finding I Have Vascular Dementia

'kissing it better' charity volunteers entertain retirement home residents in stratford upon avon, who have been diagnosed with dementia. (2...

Russell Saltzman

Cardinal Marx: Pope’s decision a ‘great challenge’

“in obedience, i accept decision, as i promised him,” said cardinal reinhard marx in a statement following the pope’s decision to reject his...

It's Not All the Bitter Boomers' Fault

robyn beck/afp via getty images   i’ve just finished reading boomers, helen andrews’ send-up of her parents’ generation. my parents are...

Human Comedy, and Divine

hugh somerville knapman osb a limerickal commentary on the second vatican council arouca press 2020 reviewed by fr nicholas schofield this s...

Fr Nicholas Schofield

The Poetry of The Mass

cover image: pope francis celebrates mass in the sistine chapel on march 14, 2013 (afp photo/osservatore romano via getty images) &nbsp...

Habits of prayer

sarah sands’ recent book, the interior silence: 10 lessons from monastic life , was reviewed in these pages last month. elsewhere in the iss...

Serenhedd James

Trial for our times

the innocence of pontius pilate: how the roman trial of jesus shaped history david lloyd dusenbury c hurst & co, £25, 272 pages ________...

Sylvana Tomaselli