Education

Priest martyred in Myanmar calmly told killers: ‘I only kneel before God’

the heroic last moments of father donald martin ye naing win who was murdered last week in myanmar have been recounted by two women who...
The Catholic Herald

Tony Harding: Reaping the wisdom of nearly 70 years of priesthood

to bath on a sunday evening, to ja hansom’s magnificent church of st john the evangelist, just around the corner from the station on south p...
Serenhedd James

Guns and Rosaries: dynamic, orthodox Catholicism in Chicago and the United States

”what about princess diana?” was not one of the questions i was prepared for as we began our speaking tour in chicago this spring, but with ...
Katherine Bennett

Human history is defined by the clash between good and evil, not 'right' and 'left'

it is a truth universally acknowledged that people may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. if that wasn...
Katherine Bennett

Let there be light!

the central fact of february, in this garden at least, is excitement. moments of almost warm light bring forth the smell of damp springy ear...
charlie-hart

Jonathan Myles-Lea 1969-2021: visionary illustrator of grand designs

for jonathan myles-lea, painting houses was more than a vocation. it was an obsession that took him to some of the most well-known and covet...
Geoff Heath-Taylor

Making it admirable once again to be a priest with St John Vianney

the blair government of 1997-2010 made education, education and education the top three priorities for a country leaping into the new millen...
Katherine Bennett

'Some Thoughts on Love and Food': A Table Full of Love, by Skye McAlpine

a table full of love skye mcalpine bloomsbury, £25, 319 pages at first glance, i thought that skye mcalpine’s a table full of love might be ...
Alicia Godfrey

Changes in the state curriculum are spurring an increase in home-education

my oldest daughter is due to start school in september next year and applications for state schools will be due around christmas. one often ...
Olenka Hamilton

The problem with 'dreaming' for the Church to change to suit your whims

dear reader, i come to you today as a white, irish, heterosexual, middle-aged woman with protruding teeth, greying hair, a minus 7 prescript...
Katherine Bennett