Travel & Pilgrimage

Radical Romantics: Reimagining the Rossettis at London's Tate Britain

beige walls, beige wood, beige carpet. the almost monochrome décor in the first room of the rossettis at london's tate britain is so reminis...

Tales of St James

saints and sinners, miracles and miscreants, and even old scratch himself … the literature associated with the pilgrimage to santiago de com...

Curtis Williams

High Societies

the british museum’s peru is a land of hallucinogenic flora and highly diverse fauna, albeit without paddington or any other bears. it’s a l...

Lucien de Guise

Awake in the wilderness

lent is the annual retreat of the church. for 40 days, the people of god go into the wilderness. they follow in the steps of their lord and ...

Dom Xavier Perrin

Archdiocese of Birmingham gets 'episcopal twins' as two new bishops ordained

two new auxiliary bishops have been ordained by the archbishop of birmingham in st chad’s cathedral during a ceremony attended by some big n...

The Catholic Herald

The unofficial First Lady of New Orleans: a profile in faith of Gayle Benson

leading us catholic philanthropist gayle benson is a pillar of her new orleans community. amanda bowman and william cash ask her about faith...

The eternal tourist trap

as a young augustinian monk on his first trip abroad, martin luther was clearly disappointed by rome, remarking that “if there is a hell the...

Tony Harding: Reaping the wisdom of nearly 70 years of priesthood

to bath on a sunday evening, to ja hansom’s magnificent church of st john the evangelist, just around the corner from the station on south p...

Serenhedd James

Where to eat after Mass in Bristol: the Camino-inspired Muiño

the cathedral church of ss peter & paul on pembroke road in bristol’s fashionable clifton district is strikingly modern, being best desc...

Let there be light!

the central fact of february, in this garden at least, is excitement. moments of almost warm light bring forth the smell of damp springy ear...