Culture

Pope warns seminarians of dangers of pornography

by hugh kerr the vatican has made known that pope francis recently gave a condemnation of online pornography to a collection of priests and ...

The Catholic Herald

The virtuous origins of Oktoberfest

today oktoberfest is a raucous, if convivial, affair of which few know the origins, but it was born of the love of a righteous king for his ...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

On discipleship

october is not an especially exciting month liturgically: we have an uninterrupted run of ordinary sundays, with readings from chapters 17 t...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

"Darling" by India Knight

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...

Review: 'My year with God' by Svend Brinkmann

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

Finding truthful witness in fictional saints

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

New laws to ban prayer outside abortion clinics are disproportionate and farcical

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 ...

In the School of Saint Benedict: Benedictine Spirituality for Every Christian by Xavier Perrin

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

Admitting mistakes with wit and wisdom by A N Wilson

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

Words and deeds

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