Culture

Small Polish town prepares for beatification of whole family killed for saving Jews

kraków, poland – around 11:30 am on september 1, a woman approached the ulma family grave in a markowa cemetery, bowed her head, and prayed....

Pope dismisses critics of Synod as 'ideological' with an 'incapacity for dialogue'

aboard the papal plane – pope francis warned against the influence of what he called “ideology” on an upcoming synod of bishops at the vatic...

Elise Ann Allen

‘The best good in the world’: The US organisations leading a renaissance of Catholic sacred music

orange county – the place name conjuring images of the spray-tanned secular class splashing in the salty mist of the pacific ocean – may see...

From Cheltenham to Ryedale: the highs and lows of the festival season

the essex town of thaxted has assorted claims to fame, but for the most part they relate to its medieval parish church: a building of cathed...

Feast and Fast: Recipes to go with your Michaelmas Goose

fr albert robertson op prepares two dishes to accompany the michaelmas goose at the end of september. after a short assignment to our house ...

Albert Robertson OP

Catholic Good Schools Guide 2023: A-Z of Independent Schools

alton school hampshire headmaster : andrew reeve takes : boys and girls, aged 1-18  alton school is a day school in an old manor house ...

The Catholic Herald

Catholic Good Schools Guide 2023: Top five prep schools

all hallows east cranmore, somerset headmaster: trevor richards takes: boys and girls, aged 3-13 home to 400 pupils, all hallows has good ac...

The Catholic Herald

The Chemist of Catania, by Alexander Lucie-Smith

the chemist of catania alexander lucie-smith self-published, £5, 235 pages not since ann radcliffe has a british author published a more som...

Georgia L. Gilholy

How good was Good Queen Bess?

an ex-anglican re-learns history. it is surprising how many things we accept second hand and assume they are true without questioning them. ...

Oppenheimer, reviewed by Julia Hamilton

the film’s events are magnetically clustered around los alamos, finds julia hamilton. if you thought that christopher nolan’s last film, dun...