Travel & Pilgrimage

A Queen de jure

sixty nine years after her late majesty came to westminster abbey to be anointed, crowned and enthroned her mortal remains were taken to the...
Mark Jenkins

Charles III – an oecumenical king

our new king concluded his address to the nation with words from hamlet: “may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest,” an obvious reference...
Mark Jenkins

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...
Gavin Ashenden

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...
Michael Yelton

The touching absurdity of beliefs

accidental gods: on men unwittingly turned divine anna della subin granta, £20, 462 pages in rudyard kipling’s short story the man who would...
Alexander Larman

Pope’s pilgrimage to Canada: why mystery surrounds the graves

any question raised about the mass graves involving indigenous people in canada immediately generates the accusation of someone being an apo...
The Catholic Herald

Scotland’s loss of religion is a matter of grave concern

it comes as no surprise that the leader of the scottish national party, nicola sturgeon, should have called for a new referendum on the issu...
The Catholic Herald

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott 1880-1960

giles gilbert scott is best known these days by the british public either for his k2 and k6 red telephone boxes (now rapidly vanishing from ...
Michael Hodges

On pilgrimage with Joanna Bogle

where would you go? i’d go to walsingham. i love it. i’ve been on genuine pilgrimages, on foot, by coach – which you can keep; i loathe coac...
The Catholic Herald

Muscular Christianity

eights week in oxford always heralds the approach of midsummer. the various college boats strive to outdo each other on the river, with triu...
Serenhedd James