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Pasta: la vista - a History of the Italian food staple

on 1 april 1957, the bbc current affairs programme panorama presented a three-minute documentary item showing a swiss family, in t...

Jeremy Haselock

January blues

my father and i have a long-running minor disagreement about which is the worst month. for me, it’s january. you’re back to work after chris...

The King's Christmas message struck the perfect note for our multi-faith society

gavin ashenden’s recent post in respect of the king’s christmas message 2022 asks whether the king has sowed the destruction of the house of...

Michael Hodgetts: distinguished recusant historian who oversaw the restoration of Harvington Hall

priest-holes – those small spaces in old english houses which sheltered mission priests in the dangerous days of the elizabethan persecution...

The Catholic Herald

On the First Day of Christmas: Bethlehem Bells

our correspondent may baldwin's account of christmas in the holy land - then a british protectorate under the terms of the league of nations...

Christmas is an antidote to our pampered, egotistical culture

it is no longer fashionable to preach on the “four last things” during advent. death, judgement, hell and heaven are not easy to digest for ...

Vatican laicises U.S. pro-life activist priest for 'blasphemous' communications

the vatican has laicised an internationally renowned pro-life activist priest for “blasphemous communications on social media”. fr frank pav...

Pope warns race-baiters against 'appropriation' of Our Lady of Guadalupe

on the feast day of our lady of guadalupe earlier this week, pope francis, celebrating in the vatican, offered some helpful insights into ho...

Majority of Catholic US senators vote to redefine marriage

a majority of catholics in the us house of representatives voted last thursday to pass the “respect for marriage act” which will redefine ma...

Olenka Hamilton

The rise of Protestantism in Latin America

liberation sexuality is no more successful than liberation theology , writes gavin ashenden “the vatican is losing the largest catholic coun...