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Muddled end to Joe Biden's re-election campaign highlights dysfunction plaguing US politics

a famous phrase conjured by t.s. eliot in his poem the hollow men springs to mind as the most apposite reaction to the news that president j...

Radio Maria's latest DAB+ Digital Radio antenna in England to be blessed

the radio maria england broadcasting service is now available on dab+ digital radio in england’s greater manchester and stockport areas. to ...

The Catholic Herald

'Crushingly poignant': Iraqi crosses damaged by ISIS added to Westminster Cathedral exhibition

three crosses that were damaged when isis islamists seized iraq’s nineveh plains are to be added to an exhibition currently on show in westm...

The Catholic Herald

Benjamin Britten's surprising habit of 'Christianising' non-Christian stories in his operas

benjamin britten was one of those composers whose religious leanings were unclear; and as a gay man in mid-20th century england, he had few ...

Devastating toll to self-esteem that pro-choice sloganeers rarely discuss

recently, the comedienne grace campbell wrote in the observer : “i am obviously pro-choice. i say obviously, not because i assume you know w...

Anthony McCarthy

Recent discoveries highlight important role indigenous music played in Jesuits’ famous missionary zeal

the jesuits are renowned as hardened missionaries, establishing substantial missions in the likes of south america and the far east during p...

US synod report highlights 'tensions' expressed by American Catholics

new york – to address noticeable tensions, american catholics want church leaders to foster unity through promoting interculturality and gre...

Hidden Faces at the Met: what the other side of the picture reveals

a friend working at the metropolitan museum in manhattan said recently that she had been instructed never to mention religion – an astoundin...

Bach’s Mass in B Minor highlights how the great composer wove a ‘potent, steadfast faith' into his music

the "k" of the first kyrie shot straight down the middle of yale university’s impressive woolsey hall like a burning arrow; a foretaste of t...

Alex Hodgkinson

A surfeit of minor keys this Easter

michael white enjoys two requiems, a stabat mater and two outstanding premieres . musically, the journey through holy week to easter is a sl...