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On Our Lady, the Assumption and 'Trans'

during this last week, at his general audience, pope francis met with his fourth group of ‘trans guests’. these were offered refuge by the c...

Why the Holy Father and Victor Orbán will forever be at odds

in september 2021, the holy father paid a visit to central europe. he spent three days in slovakia and a mere seven hours in hungary, giving...

Pope Francis's successor must stop compromising with secularism

there are few more dramatic moments in the life of the church than the election of a new pope. until the resignation of pope benedict there ...

An ecumenical matter

july 6, 2022 marked the centenary of the revival in the church of england of the shrine of our lady of walsingham, which centuries earlier h...

Preaching to the unconverted

catholic spectacle and rome’s jews: early modern conversion and resistance emily michelson princeton university press, £30, 352 pages in 155...

Seeing Spain's history through art

incomparable realms: spain during the golden age, 1500-1700 jeremy robbins reaktion books, £25, 464 pages spain’s golden age spanned the rei...

Bach's divine gift brought to life

the great passion by james runcie bloomsbury, £16.99, 272 pages this sublime novel about the domestic and spiritual genesis behind johann se...

The less dangerous US Supreme Court

in federalist paper number 78, alexander hamilton famously contended that the judiciary would be “the least dangerous” of the three branches...

A fighter for rights

sheila clare hollins – formally known as baroness hollins of wimbledon in the london borough of merton and of grenoside in the county of sou...

The Assumption and the Bible

in the middle of this month we will celebrate the solemnity of the assumption of the blessed virgin mary. the belief that our lady’s body wa...

Rev Dr Richard J Ounsworth