Culture

Reviews: Visions of Eden before the Fall

in the more than a decade since avatar became the highest-grossing film of all time – raking in $2.9 billion at the box office – it fell int...
Ferdie Rous

Chesterton the catholic Catholic

michael de la bedoyere was the editor of  the catholic herald and a friend both of g. k. chesterton's and his biographer maisie ward. h...
FromtheArchives

Our children need better Catholic fiction to help solidify their formation in the faith

there is a real need for more catholic literature for young (and not so young) people. but the reality is that in comparison with the past, ...
Donal Anthony Foley

No laughing matter: Death needs to be handled with the solemnity it deserves

a close friend of mine died a while ago. she was still quite young. we had known each other since our early twenties; she was godmother to m...
Francesca Kay

John Paul II's handling of abuse claims was the opposite to what his attackers want us to think

the day after thousands of faithful catholics gathered around poland to defend the good name of saint john paul ii , polish journalist tomas...
Tomasz Rowinski

Synodality, 'Instrumentum Laboris' and the culture wars

it was forty years ago that i walked into an anglican communion service in canada and encountered my first anglican woman priest in the litu...
Gavin Ashenden

Pope Francis: Benedict's death was used by partisans to 'score points'

pope emeritus benedict xvi’s death was used by people in a self-serving way to “score points”, pope francis said on sunday. during a press c...
Olenka Hamilton

Cardinal Nichols makes 'Loyal Address' to King Charles ahead of coronation

cardinal vincent nichols has given a “loyal address” to king charles iii ahead of his coronation in may. the archbishop of westminster and p...
Simon Caldwell

Home schooling is worth the effort: it protects children's bodies and souls – it can make them smart too

the only people involved in a child’s education who have an overview of the whole process, from babyhood to adulthood, and who truly know th...
Joseph Shaw

Can prayer and fasting actually make any difference when it comes to abortion?

are we facing our own "1967 moment"? the upcoming threat of total decriminalisation of abortion alongside attempts to legalise euthanasia ho...
Clare McCullough