Culture

How a 19th century dancer became an architectural patroness extraordinaire and giant in English Catholic history

from good time girl to benefactress. yolande lyne stephens was born in paris in 1812, the daughter of jean-louis duvernay, a teacher of danc...

'To Hamas, death, not life, is the prize'

minus the hebrew and arabic street signs and the garish posters of local politicians, the sunny tree-lined streets of sderot could almost be...

Georgia L. Gilholy

Crucifix of priest executed after Gunpowder Plot now on display in UK convent

leicester, united kingdom – a crucifix that once belonged to a priest executed after england’s notorious gunpowder plot is currently on disp...

Charles Collins

The makings of a 'CarMelkite': How life as a Carmelite nun helped me better savour Eastern Catholic liturgies

in a world where distractions are ever-present and self-aggrandisement is mistaken as confidence, there comes a time in everyone’s life duri...

A screenplay about the life of Fr John Gerard: a positively countercultural project

mark batey introduces his screenplay about the life of fr john gerard. cancel culture, thought police, identity politics. these may sound li...

Synodal secrecy: is Pope Francis relying on murmuring, rather than megaphones?

rome – in the annals of church affairs, some synods are sufficiently famous – or, as the case may be, infamous – as to merit their own infor...

Poirot, but not as we know him: A Haunting in Venice, reviewed by Julia Hamilton

christie as a horror movie doesn’t work, says julia hamilton. a haunting in venice is the third in a trilogy of films produced and acted in ...

The Decomposition of Man: Identity, Technocracy, and the Church, by James Kalb

recovering our sanity. the decomposition of man: identity, technocracy, and the church james kalb angelico press, £17, 228 pages i am sittin...

Julian Kwasniewski

The problem with prioritising ecumenism and inter-faith dialogue at the Synod

as more details of the october synod emerge, so does a clearer sense of its priorities. on 30 september the synod will begin with an ecumeni...

Countering scepticism and the value of apologetics

i have a distinct memory of the first time i ever knowingly encountered outspoken scepticism about christianity, in the playground of my pri...