Culture

Eric Rohmer's edifying classics of the cinema

eric rohmer’s late films are charming and theologically rich, says andrew petiprin. eric rohmer has long been a darling of european arthouse...

Andrew Petiprin

Despite traditional difficulty, Catholic churches are finding success in receiving conservation funding this year

on april 19 a reception was held in the houses of parliament hosted by deputy speaker nigel evans mp to celebrate the remarkable achievement...

New awards recognise nuns as 'unsung heroes' in war against human trafficking

rome – this autumn several organisations are banding together to recognise what they’re calling the “unsung heroes” in the fight against mod...

Prominent UK Catholic support for exiled Hong Kongers after latest Chinese Communist crackdown

uk catholic parliamentarians and other public figures have expressed their support for exiled hong kong democracy activists after the territ...

Georgia L. Gilholy

La Dolce Vita: On the Via di Francesco to Assisi with the Catholic Herald

umbria in italy beckons for the next catholic herald pilgrimage at the end of september. we are venturing beyond the iberian peninsula to wa...

Lessons from an unusual school

goodbye, dr banda alexander chula polygon/birlinn, £17.99, 320 pages reading goodbye, dr banda is an initiation into an antique rite. alexan...

Why the Council of Trent still matters today

the cambridge companion to the council of trent nelson h minnich (ed) cambridge university press, £29.99, 351 pages the opening paragraph of...

Serenhedd James

This is not an adventure: Dial of Destiny reviewed by Julia Hamilton

julia hamilton finds dial of destiny just a bit dull. to use the word resurrect-ion to describe harrison ford’s appearance after such a long...

The fallout of the sexual revolution

adam and eve after the pill, revisited mary eberstadt ignatius press, £16, 199 pages in 1867 benjamin disraeli addressed fellow diners at a ...

Georgia L. Gilholy

Enjoying tango and church music

even a resolute republican would have been impressed by one essential aspect of king charles’s coronation: its delirious abundance of great ...