Culture

barbie  is one of the most perceptive depictions of female puberty that i have ever encountered. as a child in the girl power culture o...

Suzanne Topham

chesterton and voltaire gave us due warning. “he who does not believe in god will believe in anything,” stated the forme...

Gavin Ashenden

leading us catholic think tank the napa institute begins its 13 th  annual conference “what we need now” today at the meritage hotel in...

Hugh Kerr

antonia fraser on how the strong female characters and implicit romance in the book of ruth had a profound effect on her own development my ...

Antonia Fraser

whatever happened to discrimination? when i was growing up, which really wasn’t all that long ago, we were pretty good at it. people were ei...

Katherine Bennett

on august 6   1945, president truman, when told that the atom bomb dropped on hiroshima had been even more “conspicuous” than the test ...

Anthony McCarthy

away from the crowds, katherine cole savours the most serene republic during the feast which commemorates the birth of the church. on the la...

Katherine Cole

three years ago, newspapers in the us and uk were full of headlines such as “ most women do not regret their abortions, study finds ” (guard...

Anthony McCarthy

written by an educated greek, this book tells the story of a living protagonist, jesus of nazareth, says piers paul read. for all the wisdom...

Piers Paul Read

the month of july finds us firmly in ordinary time, and our gospel readings are from matthew. our second readings, however, are from the let...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP