Culture

Diary: Art without God

i was going through some of my old portfolios the other day – i am a catholic-raised artist working somewhat incongruously in the atelier of...

On Pilgrimage with Rosemary Hill

where would you go? i would go to canterbury which is not very original, but i have my reasons. where i live in south london is very close t...

The Catholic Herald

Wanted: backers for a religious thriller

in march 2020, with lockdown imminent, an old friend called laurie berg rang me to ask if i would read a synopsis for a religious film or pe...

Mass appeal should be for everyone

one of the pope’s titles is that of pontifex, or bridge builder. it is an aspect of his office that pope francis might reflect on when it co...

The Catholic Herald

William, it was really something

oh william! by elizabeth strout viking penguin, £14.99, 256 pages ________ the best-known and certainly the most dramatic novel about a form...

Cressida Connolly

Helping to lift burdens

as we grow closer to the poor, little by little we gain their confidence and can advise them in the most terrible moments of this earthly pi...

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

A readable yarn but none too credible

matrix by lauren groff  william heinemann, £16.99, 272 pages __________ the 12th-century poet we know as marie de france was, scholars ...

Benedict XVI: Legalization of same-sex marriage is ‘a distortion of conscience’

vatican city, sep 16, 2021 / 09:15 am pope emeritus benedict xvi has said that the legalization of same-sex marriage in many countries is “a...

Hannah Brockhaus

Sayonara to the suit

we are told, by some of the more optimistic of our fashion pundits, that the end of covid will unleash a rush of extravagance and dandyism a...

Bishops mobilise Church against assisted dying Bill

catholics must actively oppose the latest attempt to legalise assisted suicide, the bishops of england and wales have said in a letter to th...