Education

A blessing and a curse? The legacy of the Catholic public school in England

educating in faith: a history of the english catholic public school mark cleary, sacristy press, 256 pages, £19.99 the cover of mark cleary’...
Serenhedd James

One eye on the Emerald Isle: The grass seems greener on the other side of the Irish Sea

after cromwell’s conquest of ireland, according to our host, those irish catholics not executed for taking part in the 1641 rebellion were e...
Flora Watkins

Britain’s cathedral choirs and choral legacy endangered by VAT on private schools

the recently announced plans of the uk government to apply vat to private schools could pose a direct threat to the future of cathedral choi...
Thomas Edwards

Geoffrey Chaucer falls foul of ‘expressions of Christian faith’ at top UK university

it has been revealed that a so-called trigger warning has been applied to geoffrey chaucer’s the canterbury tales  by a leading uk univ...
The Catholic Herald

REVIEW – The Monastic World: A 1,200-Year History, by Andrew Jotischky

the monastic world: a 1,200-year history andrew jotischky yale university press, 464 pages, £25 the sense of calm that guests experience whe...
Alexander Faludy

Another attack on Britain’s Christian heritage: Don't say 'Anglo-Saxon' Catholic

in case you hadn’t heard, the term "anglo-saxon" is now racist. it's another sign, among a long list, of why we must resist the erasure of b...
Thomas Casemore

Archdiocese of Southwark releases recordings by cathedral choirs to boost musical passion in Catholic schools

a series of much-loved hymns performed by the various choirs of st george's cathedral in southwark have been released as part of an effort t...
The Catholic Herald

Boarding school ends 200 years of Catholicism to rebrand as ‘Christian’ and attract pupils

a boarding school has ended its centuries-long relationship with the catholic church in order to reposition itself as a christian school in ...
The Catholic Herald

Christian teacher sacked for Facebook posts on LGBT classes heads to Law Courts for landmark freedom of conscience trial

a teacher who claims she was sacked over her christian beliefs regarding teaching lgbt-related issues to young children is going to the...
James Jeffrey

Pope brushes off feminist fury over praise for 'politician with pants'

on board the papal plane – pope francis has brushed aside criticism of his rhetoric on women during his weekend trip to belgium, insisting t...
Elise Allen