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the monastic world: a 1,200-year history andrew jotischky yale university press, 464 pages, £25 the sense of calm that guests experience whe...

Alexander Faludy

human error and evil being what they are, surely each and every day throughout the 365-day year must likely mark some terrible tragedy from ...

James Jeffrey

if you saw the zone of interest last year – the extraordinary film based on a novel by martin amis – about the family life of rudolf höss, t...

Julia Hamilton

born on 7 july 1945, the 13th marquess of lothian (previously better known as michael ancram) was educated by the benedictines at ampleforth...

The Catholic Herald

it seems a good, if not vital, moment to try and look beyond the narrow analysis of the dreadful war in ukraine provided by the vast majorit...

Mark Jenkins

the catholic bishops’ conference of england and wales continues to voice serious concerns about the implications of the current two-child po...

The Catholic Herald

in the united states, opinion polls consistently suggest that to identify as catholic is not a reliable predictor of one’s favoured politica...

Ken Craycraft

"the painter of the future is a colourist such as there hasn’t been before,” vincent van gogh wrote to his brother theo shortly after he mov...

David V Barrett

there is a new lease of life in the pro-life movement, as will be witnessed at the march for life in london this saturday on 7 september, an...

Heather Tomlinson

how does it feel to give an interview to a catholic publication? the question slightly amuses me, but i see why i’m being asked that. i do h...

SebastianMoll