Culture

nancy mitford fans never have to wait too long before a new offering or interpretation comes along. the last few years have seen the 2021 bb...

Violet Hudson

my year with god is well-intentioned, but ultimately highlights the complacency at the heart of modern secular thinking, writes niall gooch ...

Niall Gooch

the saints from the great novels can help us grow in our faith, writes ken craycraft one of my daughters, margaret, recently finished sigrid...

Ken Craycraft

is it only catholics who care about the unborn? asks gavin ashenden one of the more horrific parts of catholic history in these islands was ...

Gavin Ashenden

in this excellent little book, beautifully translated from the french by dom luke bell and sister laetitia payne, abbot xavier perrin of qua...

Philippa Edwards OSB

an wilson’s confessions is subtitled “a life of failed promises”, which is a little harsh for one of the most consistently lively and entert...

Gertrude Clarke

could the vatican, under pius xii, have done more to condemn and prevent nazi atrocities, especially the holocaust? that question has been t...

Niall Gooch

a few weeks ago i took my daughters (aged 2 and 3) to tate britain to look at some art, but also to try out the two children’s play areas wh...

Olenka Hamilton

the catholic principles of the just war are as valid today as ever they were, so it was heartening that the pope has reiterated their import...

The Catholic Herald

the outpouring of gratitude and grief at the death of the queen was an occasion of rare unity in britain. the people who came to pay their r...

The Catholic Herald