Culture

Podcast 27: The Spirit and Meaning of Vatican II with Mark Lambert

in the 27th episode of merely catholic, the podcast series for the catholic herald, dr gavin ashenden reflects on the gulf between the so-ca...

How 'victimhood' is destroying the Church

a misguided quest for equality in the church is driving us further and further away from god , writes gavin ashenden as with chess, so with ...

The clear Catholic overtones in Bob Dylan's most recent work suggest he may have joined the Church

karl gustel warnberg travels to bournemouth to watch bob dylan live in concert ever since his debut as a young musician, bob dylan has been ...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

Suicide rates soar wherever euthanasia or assisted suicide are legalised, reveals study by Anscombe Centre

the numbers of people who commit suicide surge in countries which legalise euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, new research has revea...

Ron DeSantis: a different kind of Catholic President?

two big takeaways emerged from the us midterms. the first was that the democrats were not obliterated by a republican “red wave”. the second...

The US midterms illustrate the deep ambivalence of voters about what issues matter most

the just-completed midterm elections in the united states are a proxy for the deep ambivalence of american voters about what issues matter m...

Obituary: Fr Ian Ker was a priest and scholar who opened up Newman’s thought to the world

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

The disturbing story of Emanuela Orlandi isn’t helped by Netflix sensationalism

the vatican is not unfamiliar with the mystery of an empty tomb. sadly, in the case of emanuela orlandi, the mystery remains unsolved. on 22...

Confessions of an ex-LGBT activist

it was an awkward moment. “fr” colin had led the lgbt activist movement in the church of england for decades. every general synod he would b...

Lost and found

this month marks the centenary of the death of the french novelist marcel proust, an occasion for looking at how his work was influenced by ...