Culture

catherine pepinster hodder and stoughton, £25, 352 pages on october 11, 1521 leo x con- ferred the title fidei defensor on henry viii for hi...

William Davage

my father and i have a long-running minor disagreement about which is the worst month. for me, it’s january. you’re back to work after chris...

Niall Gooch

on the solemnity of mary, mother of god, mother winsome sbvm reflects on the ups and downs of the community life that she has led since she ...

Mother Winsome

in 2008 i returned to ireland after five years working around the world on international humanitarian programmes – in afghanistan, north kor...

Dualta Roughneen

alex dimminger (kneeling, in orange) was the youth delegate for the diocese of east anglia during benedict xvi’s visit to the united kingdom...

Alex Dimminger

i have been reading of the oscar schindler-like exploits of my friend and herald director brooks newmark, who has not only taken in a ukrain...

William Stirling James

a happy christmas to all our readers. you may think that this sentiment has somehow got displaced from the christmas issue, but it is in fac...

The Catholic Herald

ben stephens reflects on the life, death, and afterlife of thomas becket, who rose to be henry ii’s lord chancellor and archbishop of canter...

Ben Stephens

gavin ashenden’s recent post in respect of the king’s christmas message 2022 asks whether the king has sowed the destruction of the house of...

Mark Jenkins

(rome) ever since the fr rupnik scandal broke earlier this month — alleging that the slovenian jesuit artist serially abused women religious...

Diana Montagna