Culture

The Christian presence in the Holy Land is under threat

the christians of jerusalem – the city at the centre of the world on medieval maps – are now a tiny fraction of the population, just 10,000 ...
Melanie McDonagh

One more step: Church of England bishops to bless same-sex unions

the church of england has been in turmoil about sex for as long as most of us have lived. rather in the way climate alarmists anticipate the...
Gavin Ashenden

A splash of Spanish sun at the Royal Academy

there’s something almost secretive about the entrance to the royal academy’s spain and the hispanic world: treasures from the hispanic socie...
Ben Stephens

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...
Joanna Bogle

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. ...
Niall Gooch

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...
Simon Caldwell

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...
Mark Jenkins