Culture

eamon martin, archbishop of armagh and primate of all-ireland, has rejected an announcement by secretary of state chris heaton-harris to fas...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

the shift in religious and christian allegiance within the population was always predicted to arrive around about now, and here it is. sudde...

Gavin Ashenden

photo: baroness hollins and colleagues working on the vatican abuse commission the catholic union’s annual craigmyle lecture was delivered o...

Hugh Kerr

"writers are often loners; journalists are sociable.” so says mary kenny, but in self-identifying as gregarious journalist rather than intro...

Dr Roy Foster

“may the lord be in your heart and help you to confess your sins with true sorrow.” what prevents us from doing that? we won’t confess our s...

Fr Mark Vickers

sir simon towneley died on 11 november, aged 100. he was the first catholic to be lord lieutenant of lancashire, in which office he served f...

The Catholic Herald

fr ian turnbull ker, the leading scholar on the life and work of st john henry newman, died on 5 november. a brilliant writer and biographer...

The Catholic Herald

unlike its neighbours of shropshire to the north and worcestershire to the east, herefordshire was not richly endowed with monastic establis...

Michael Hodges

i sat on a mower in the middle of a two-acre field. paths of light and dark criss-crossed the grass. bees darted in and out of the chaff. in...

Nick Ripatrazone

antonia fraser someone once said, channelling shakespeare’s hamlet: “there’s nothing good nor bad, but christmas makes it worse.” i can only...

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