Culture

Miss Universe and the obliteration of womanhood

there is an episode of  friends  where single girl phoebe struggles with the fact that the guy she is dating won’t sleep with her....

Katherine Bennett

The coronation will be an opportunity for Britain to revive its Christian identity

what are you doing for the coronation?  i mean  you . of course we know we all get a public holiday and there will be commemorativ...

The enduring power of the Christian funeral

i have heard it said that every funeral, whatever the scale and whatever the setting, ought to be in some sense a confrontation with death. ...

The Epiphany: Rise and shine

english-speakers call it "the epiphany", but the germans say heilige drei könige : the three holy kings. and yet st matthew doesn’t tell us ...

Mgr Andrew Burnham

Curbs on Traditional Latin Mass 'broke Pope Benedict’s heart'

new curbs on the traditional latin mass “broke pope benedict’s heart”, according to his private secretary. archbishop georg gänswein, the cl...

What the Book of Jonah teaches us about God’s compassion

the question came in a deceptively simple guise: “what is your favourite scriptural text?” normally the answer would be: “the one i am worki...

Fr Nicholas King SJ

Quarr Abbey monk on the meaning of identity

since time immemorial, pilgrims have been travelling to islands to meet holy men and women, and so it was that i found myself heading for qu...

The meaning of Matthew

we are back to year a in the lectionary, which means that for most of the year we shall be reading from st matthew’s gospel on sundays. the ...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Believing in a better Britten

sometimes christianity creeps into opera in unwelcome ways. a notorious example is benjamin britten’s rape of lucretia which tells the ancie...

Feasting does not have to be lavish to be festal

preparation is crucial to celebrating christmas well. but so often the kind of preparation most people mean only really adds pressure, and p...

Albert Robertson OP