Life

'Alert and conscious' 19-year-old put on death pathway against her will

a judge has ruled that an “alert and conscious” adult woman does not have mental capacity because she disagrees with doctors who want to put...
Simon Caldwell

Small Polish town prepares for beatification of whole family killed for saving Jews

kraków, poland – around 11:30 am on september 1, a woman approached the ulma family grave in a markowa cemetery, bowed her head, and prayed....
John Lavenburg

Feast and Fast: Recipes to go with your Michaelmas Goose

fr albert robertson op prepares two dishes to accompany the michaelmas goose at the end of september. after a short assignment to our house ...
Albert Robertson OP

Catholic Good Schools Guide 2023: A-Z of Independent Schools

alton school hampshire headmaster : andrew reeve takes : boys and girls, aged 1-18  alton school is a day school in an old manor house ...
The Catholic Herald

Catholic Good Schools Guide 2023: Top ten senior independent schools

ampleforth college north yorks headmaster : peter roberts takes : boys and girls, aged 13-18 originally founded for 70 boys by the benedicti...
The Catholic Herald

Catholic Good Schools Guide 2023: Top five prep schools

all hallows east cranmore, somerset headmaster: trevor richards takes: boys and girls, aged 3-13 home to 400 pupils, all hallows has good ac...
The Catholic Herald

The Chemist of Catania, by Alexander Lucie-Smith

the chemist of catania alexander lucie-smith self-published, £5, 235 pages not since ann radcliffe has a british author published a more som...
Georgia L. Gilholy

Kidnapped Nigerian priest and seminarian released by captors

a priest and a seminarian kidnapped in nigeria’s middle belt have been released after three weeks in captivity. fr paul sanogo and brother m...
The Catholic Herald

Q&A with Charlotte Avery of St Mary's School, Cambridge

charlotte avery, head of st mary’s school, cambridge, discusses what attracted her to what is now the only single-sex school in cambrid...
The Catholic Herald

How good was Good Queen Bess?

an ex-anglican re-learns history. it is surprising how many things we accept second hand and assume they are true without questioning them. ...
Gavin Ashenden