Culture

Ring dem Bells: an ancient, important and holy Christian custom

in a tweet that upset many people, the prominent atheist richard dawkins declared that he loved listening to the bells of winchester cathedr...
Katherine Bennett

Hallowed in the womb: John the Baptist represents the whole history of Israel

the nativity of st john the baptist falls on june 24. almost every sermon on this occasion remarks that it is an unusual thing to celebrate ...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Catholic participation in election looks set to be extremely high

participation by catholics in the uk’s next general election is likely to be particularly high, according to the  catholic union of gre...
The Catholic Herald

Oklahoma high court rules against Catholic school ‘evangelising’ with public dollars

oklahoma's supreme court has ruled against what would have been the first publicly funded religious charter school in the us. the high court...
The Catholic Herald

Potential pitfalls of Catholic Parish Summit’s evangelising spirit

if anyone is not familiar with the catholic parish summit, or the catholic ministry “divine renovation” that hosted the event, it was an int...
Heather Tomlinson

Devastating toll to self-esteem that pro-choice sloganeers rarely discuss

recently, the comedienne grace campbell wrote in the observer : “i am obviously pro-choice. i say obviously, not because i assume you know w...
Anthony McCarthy

Churches and synagogues targeted in terrorist attack in southern Russia

two orthodox churches and two synagogues were targeted in what appears to have been a coordinated terrorist attack in southern russia timed ...
The Catholic Herald

Vatican comms chief defends Rupnik art remaining on website

the head of the vatican’s communications department had defended his office’s continued use of art by marko rupnik, who is accused of multip...
Crux Staff

A bittersweet correspondence between Rainer Maria Rilke and his gardener friend

nick ripatrazone looks at letters around a garden by rainer maria rilke, written to his close friend antoinette, a gardener, a century ago. ...
Nick Ripatrazone

‘Little Englishmen’ in Portugal: a new book about the English College at Lisbon

the english college at lisbon 1622-1972 , by simon johnson gracewing, £25, 272 pages the relationship between britain and portugal is often ...
Deacon Stephen Morgan