Culture

Welcome questions only? The dubious art of the modern papal interview

rome – in 2010, nevada senatorial candidate sharron angle, a right-wing tea party stalwart, briefly became a national sensation due to some ...
John L Allen

Let’s not canonize Dorothy Day

hannah glickstein wonders whether canonization might obscure her more ordinary, human message. dorothy day was born in november 1897 an...
Hannah Glickstein

Unlocking the 'prophetic vision' of Flannery O'Connor, the writer who swam in Thomism

understanding the hillybilly thomist: the philosophical foundations of flannery o’connor’s narrative art by fr damian ference word on fire, ...
Simon Caldwell

Whatever science can lead us to, we still need Jesus, and so do all the faithful departed

along with taxes, death is one of the great certainties of life. however, the inevitability of death was not  at all obvious to many in...
Fr Robert Verrill OP

Interrogating Fr Kenneth Sicard, President of Providence College

the catholic herald puts fr kenneth sicard, president of providence college in rhode island , under interrogation . what was your career bre...
The Catholic Herald

Interrogating Seamus Carey, President of Iona University

the catholic herald puts seamus carey, president of iona university in new york , under interrogation . what’s your favourite bible verse? t...
The Catholic Herald

Interrogating Jonathan Sanford, President of the University of Dallas

the catholic herald puts jonathan j sanford, president of the university of dallas in texas, under interrogation. what’s your favourite bibl...
The Catholic Herald

Interrogating Stephen Minnis, President of Benedictine College

the catholic herald puts stephen minnis, president of benedictine college in kansas , under interrogation . what’s your favourite bible vers...
The Catholic Herald

Colour for the masses at the Ashmolean Museum

ben stephens is impressed by the ashmolean’s exhibition on victorian fashion. about a third of the way through the ashmolean museum’s latest...
Ben Stephens

The synodal Church will be guided by the spirit of the age

the camera never lies; except that it does. a still photograph taken out of context can be wholly misleading. a video less so, since it prov...
Gavin Ashenden