Culture

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

Clinging on in Ukraine: family, childhood and Catholicism

the country today often seems like the setting of a world war ii film with all the usual paradoxes, as the war enters its third year . cafés...

Inglorious Revolution: subcurrents around James II’s attempts at religious toleration

“the glorious revolution” is one of those phrases catholics like to put quotation marks around. the dominant narrative of james ii’s deposit...

The beauty and power of music can bring us into the presence of the Divine

a book on sexual passion, which was authored by cardinal fernández of the dicastery for the doctrine of the faith, has recently been redisco...

Ukrainian Catholic community in UK count the costs and kindnesses at two-year anniversary of Russian invasion

in the basement of the ukrainian catholic cathedral in central london is the ukrainian welcome centre that has been serving refugees since t...

Can't beat the oldies: Nicene Creed tops online Lenten prayer campaign by Archdiocese of Southwark

an online lenten prayer campaign by the archdiocese of southwark is proving a roaring success and was seen by over 1.5 million social m...

The Catholic Herald

‘The Road to Wild Wales’: BBC pilgrimage series returns to explore landscape of early Celtic saints

the north wales pilgrim’s way will feature in the   sixth series of  pilgrimage  that returns to the bbc in march 2024, as&nb...

Pugin's legacy assaulted and recovered: the story of St Barnabas Cathedral, Nottingham

augustus welby northbourne pugin (1812-52) was received into the church in salisbury in 1835. the next year he published his contrasts , in ...

Yoga: What’s the problem with a bit of Downward Dog?

during the mid-2000s, there was a brief publishing trend for feel-good novels with folksy titles: salmon fishing in the yemen and a short hi...