Soul

there can be few men who have had a larger impact on civilisation with almost no fanfare than the great st bernard of clairvaux: a doctor of...

Brian Scarffe

pope francis presided over divine liturgy on saturday afternoon at the chaldean cathedral of baghdad, wearing chaldean vestments and attende...

Christopher Altieri

"how he does not know" (mark 4:27) in sunday’s gospel, jesus compares the mysterious growth of his life in us to the process of seeds sprout...

Fr David Howell

speaking at an event for a diocesan charity to which he is alleged to have illicitly given vatican funds, cardinal angelo becciu said on sun...

Hannah Brockhaus

oliver cromwell: commander in chief ronald hutton yale university press, 480 pages, £25 do we need another biography of oliver cromwell? mor...

John Morrill

the coronation events have been, as far as the king is concerned, very much a joint affair. queen camilla was centre stage throughout. durin...

Melanie McDonagh

last weekend, brazil’s former president, luiz inácio lula da silva, defeated the “trump of the tropics”, jair bolsonaro, to become the next ...

Ignatius Dean

my saturday afternoons begin with a quiet prayer of thanks for a lockdown legacy. in pre-pandemic days, i boarded a train for manchester at ...

Ed Stourton

the cathedral of notre-dame in paris is due to reopen later in the year, painstakingly restored following the devastating fire five years ag...

Alex Hodgkinson

the maiden of all our desires, a new historical novel by peter manseau, begins with a thrashing storm that “would become the stuff of bards’...

Nick Ripatrazone