Culture

Lisbon notebook: Pilgrims in the park

saturday 5th august parque tejo trancão, lisbon – from around 4pm the transition from bustling racket to eerie stillness on the streets of l...

The Transfiguration: an image of Christ’s revelation to the world

a damaged icon of the transfiguration laid out near the wreckage of transfiguration cathedral in odesa after a missile strike on july 23, 20...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

A deeply-loved bon viveur and deathbed convert: Augustin Hochschild, 1965-2023

it was friday march 17, and the portuguese mountain rain had been falling from the heavens all morning on our 60-mile walking pilgrimage to ...

Our Lady of Alltötting: A shrine where Mary helped

melanie mcdonagh follows pope benedict xvi  to the feet of our lady of altötting. to begin with, i didn’t think i was going to lik...

Melanie McDonagh

Notebook from Lisbon: Dutch courage at World Youth Day

lisbon - the organisers of the world youth day (wyd) events are proud of the unparalleled internationality of their participants. however, t...

Raw, unadulterated walking

a simple joy and peace comes from walking, whether alone or with someone close, says julian kwasniewski. walking with the sun on your back; ...

Julian Kwasniewski

Response to life

michael white enjoys three very different outstanding performances. when music tourists go to leipzig it tends to be for js bach, who lies b...

Clerical eco-activists and taking God's name in vain

it is not easy to watch pictures of an elderly protestant clergywoman, sporting her dog collar, being arrested for breaching the peace as sh...

Feast and fast: an August meal

august – the month of our blessed lady’s assumption, but also the month of les grandes vacances! so here is an idea recently tested in that ...

Painted Love in Bath, Somerset

the marriage portraits at an exhibition in bath not only capture a likeness, but contain much symbolism, says katherine cole . walk through ...