Life

After Catholic football coach was fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine, lawyer alleges anti-religious animus

washington d.c., oct 20, 2021 / 15:00 pm the former washington state university football coach, a catholic, intends to sue the school after ...

Christine-Rousselle

Assisted suicide counselling via Zoom an even worse idea, foes tell Scottish lawmakers

edinburgh, scotland, oct 19, 2021 / 18:00 pm videophone evaluations are no way to assess someone for assisted suicide, critics have said, al...

Glimpses of glory

will todd is one of those rare musicians who shows that there is life still in liturgical and sacred music. sir james macmillan is another, ...

Melanie McDonagh

The son-in-law also rises

henry ‘chips’ channon: the diaries (volume 2): 1938-43 by chips channon edited by simon heffer hutchinson, £35, 1,120 pages ________ this do...

Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, former Anglican Bishop of Rochester, joins the Catholic Church

a high-profile anglican bishop has joined the catholic church in what has been described as “one of the most politically significant convers...

Diary: Art without God

i was going through some of my old portfolios the other day – i am a catholic-raised artist working somewhat incongruously in the atelier of...

How Dante shows up wokeness

the text came 45 minutes before year 1 started on 2 september. “just to let you know that sasha is now haruto (japanese name). we tried it o...

William, it was really something

oh william! by elizabeth strout viking penguin, £14.99, 256 pages ________ the best-known and certainly the most dramatic novel about a form...

Cressida Connolly

A readable yarn but none too credible

matrix by lauren groff  william heinemann, £16.99, 272 pages __________ the 12th-century poet we know as marie de france was, scholars ...

The Thin End of the Wedge

the spectre of so-called “assisted dying” is rearing its head again, as the british medical association controversially changes its stance t...