Culture

Spirituality, if not religion, in the works of Bach and Britten

austere, stark, private; the bach solo cello suites aren’t usually thought of as religious works. bach wrote them, probably, as exercises fo...

Catherine Pakaluk discusses religious influences on mothers choosing to have lots of babies

it is old news that birth rates are falling in britain and across the west. and yet, despite this, discussion around fertility rates is only...

Portia Berry-Kilby

Mistress of arts: Angelica Kauffman and her noted paintings of stories with female protagonists

angelica kauffman (1741-1807) settled in rome in 1782, having already established herself as one of the 18th century’s best-regarded artists...

Guilt by association is everywhere now and is the antithesis of Christ's message

twice in the last twelve months friends have written to me warning me not to speak at particular conferences. they have advised me that i wi...

REVIEW: Evil's stench is strong in Jonathan Glazer's 'The Zone of Interest'

jonathan glazer’s latest film, the zone of interest, which deservedly won an oscar for the best inter national feature (with another for bes...

Living in Christ is a call to love by word, deed and truth

what does it mean to live in christ? that is a question the answer to which i found fulfilled in the readings of sunday yesterday. in the bo...

Deacon Hector Ortiz

Ampleforth diary: by Peter Roberts

when i am out early on theatre square in front of ampleforth’s historic buildings, looking across the beautiful valley on the edge of the no...

Pope to address Artificial Intelligence at G7 summit in June

rome – adding to what was already a busy papal schedule for 2024, the vatican confirmed friday that pope francis will participate, in person...

A rallying cry to the Church by one of 20th century's great intellectual converts: Elizabeth Anscombe's 1938 letter to the Catholic Herald

in 1938, the catholic herald invited young catholics to give an account of their faith. this is an abridged version of what the young philos...

Elizabeth Anscombe

On matters of life and death it’s time academia started taking its responsibilities seriously

in march, i watched, online, a crowd of 250 students at manchester university held back by the police as a small number of their peers left ...