Europe

Last Call to become a Herald Compostela pilgrim this Holy Jubilee Year

there are still a few places left for our mini-camino in late july in which patrons and readers can pack in all that is best about the famou...

Poland ‘pregnancy register’ highlights culture clash within EU

despite insistences from officials that it represents no such thing, the government of poland is currently facing a tremendous backlash agai...

An "outstanding" opera and some "memorable" interpretations of Bach

margaret attwood’s scary story of existence under a pernicious christian fundamentalist regime,  the handmaid’s tale , made grim readin...

Pope Francis gives red hat to Archbishop Arthur Roche

pope francis said on sunday that he will create 21 new cardinals, including arthur roche, the former bishop of leeds, at a consistory on aug...

Austen’s extended family affairs

godmersham park  gill hornby cornerstone, £14.99, 416 pages all the sins of empire are being remembered nowadays, heroes judged and fou...

O brother, where art thou?

i like abel ferrara. this is a pedestrian way to start a review, but given how much the bronx-born director divides opinion, it is germane t...

The Paraclete

it will not be until the last sunday in june that we return to green vestments and our regular cycle of readings from st luke’s gospel. the ...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Conservative but not clericalist

any body that can muster 500 priests and deacons is a force to be reckoned with, and the confraternity of catholic clergy, which does just t...

Gertrude Clarke

Lifting the lid on the Jesuits

being a jesuit in renaissance italy camilla russell harvard university press, £39.95, 256 pages what makes this book so impressive is the qu...

Fr Michael Holman SJ

New South Wales becomes final Australian state to legalise euthanasia

new south wales has become the sixth and final australian state to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide. its legislation forces health c...