Life

“oh! women simply don’t pass the test,” exclaimed the distinctly infuriating german painter georg baselitz back in 2013. he was mid-tirade a...

Francesca Peacock

eamon martin, archbishop of armagh and primate of all-ireland, has rejected an announcement by secretary of state chris heaton-harris to fas...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

"writers are often loners; journalists are sociable.” so says mary kenny, but in self-identifying as gregarious journalist rather than intro...

Dr Roy Foster

“may the lord be in your heart and help you to confess your sins with true sorrow.” what prevents us from doing that? we won’t confess our s...

Fr Mark Vickers

sir simon towneley died on 11 november, aged 100. he was the first catholic to be lord lieutenant of lancashire, in which office he served f...

The Catholic Herald

unlike its neighbours of shropshire to the north and worcestershire to the east, herefordshire was not richly endowed with monastic establis...

Michael Hodges

i sat on a mower in the middle of a two-acre field. paths of light and dark criss-crossed the grass. bees darted in and out of the chaff. in...

Nick Ripatrazone

“my god, it is hard to be chained and receive blows but i live this moment as you present it to me.” such was the prayer of sister gloria ce...

John Pontifex

christmas is for many of us a nightmare: relatives, trying not to buy them the same present again, sticking to a budget, and only going beyo...

Daniel Frampton

the man who invented christmas was the irresistible title of a book published in 2008, about charles dickens and his role in shaping or revi...

Niall Gooch