Soul

The rich significance of Tolkien's classic

there is a strange contradiction that emerges whenever a large scale survey sets out to discover what book tops the list of the all-time bes...
Gavin Ashenden

Pope Francis to Catholics in Vanimo: 'You are doing something beautiful'

vanimo – in one of papua new guinea’s most remote dioceses, pope francis arrived on sunday bringing both spiritual and material comfort to p...
Elise Ann Allen

Should the Synod on Synodality be ignored?

amid an increasingly leftwards turn by the synodal path in germany , and calls for upending catholic tradition in ireland , is it time to ig...
The Catholic Herald

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

how do we help children and adults who have been abused? the first thing is to talk about it, recognising that it is endemic in our world. t...
Sheila Hollins

Donatello's outstanding virtuosity shows both his devotion and his playfulness

donatello, ascension with christ giving the keys to st peter, c.1430 . victoria & albert museum, london visitors to the v&a’s donate...
Luke Sheridan

How Jesus dodged Pharisees’ passive-aggressive trap to reveal how to love both your Lord and neighbour

“‘you shall love the lord your god with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ this is the greatest and first comm...
Fr David Howell