Culture

julia hamilton finds this film set in 1960s ireland baffling and dissatisfying. reconciliation is a tough gig, is the message of the miracle...

Julia Hamilton

the 400th anniversary of the death of william byrd, the great english composer of polyphonic sacred music, fell on july 4. on that day cardi...

Niall Gooch

the supreme court’s ruling is pro-freedom of speech, not anti-gay. in late june, before adjourning until the next october term, the supreme ...

Ken Craycraft

every year, the catholic herald draws up a list of prominent catholics in the uk – and every year, the criteria for entry are slightly diffe...

The Catholic Herald

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