Culture

Like Moses and the bronze serpent, we must take heed of the cross and contemplate what kills us: sin

"the son of man must be lifted up as moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him."...
Fr David Howell

Warwick Street’s pipe organ restoration project struggling to find grants

the church of our lady of the assumption and st gregory on warwick street in the heart of london is in the midst of a difficult fu...
The Catholic Herald

Freer than we used to be? We have replaced an imperfect sexual culture with a ruinous one

that wise old bird gk chesterton one wrote that “if men will not be governed by the ten commandments, they will be governed by the ten thous...
Niall Gooch

Ban school skirts, suppress femininity, take anti-depressants: Perhaps that isn’t actually working for young women today?

the more that modern society tries to proscribe femininity, the more that many females – especially younger generations – appear unhappy. mi...
Laura Perrins

A call to modesty: saying No to the bikini by choosing more Christian swimwear

with summer now not as distant as it once seemed in the depths of winter, as the days lighten thoughts may be turning to planning for the ho...
LeahLevinMartins

Are the dark gods back: Enraged crowds, psychosis and possession?

after watching the videos of mobs of supposedly progressive students at manchester university, shouting, swearing, threatening, intimid...
Gavin Ashenden

Missing mission: Where's the Christian heritage at the British Museum?

in defence of the uk’s pre-eminent cultural institution, the theft of 2,000 items shows some vigilance when compared with the bibliothèque n...
Lucien de Guise

Orbital, by Samantha Harvey

orbital samantha harvey jonathan cape, £14.99, 136 pages samantha harvey’s orbital is a quirky little novel, which charts a day in the life ...
Helen Walsh

London’s Jesuit library and archives opening their doors to all on 20 March this Lent

this lent there is a rare opportunity to access london’s heythrop library and the british jesuit archives to see all manner of relics, rare ...
The Catholic Herald

Jesus's wrath in the Temple: Why does Our Lord get angry and how does He get away with it?

“making a whip out of some cord, he drove them all out of the temple, cattle and sheep as well, scattered the money-changers’ coins, knocked...
Fr David Howell