Culture

Irish Establishment's denigration of Christian heritage receives first rebuttal through overwhelming referendum defeat

“the irish bishops can still win an election.” a friend of mine said this to me as the results of the two irish referendums on the family am...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Following the difficult path of prayer in a fallen world

prayer is a difficult path to follow in a fallen world and in the midst of an increasingly secular and technological society.  the odds...

Fr Jeffrey Kirby C

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...

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...

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...

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 ...