Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, Author at Catholic Herald

Jill, Duchess of Hamilton

‘Why can’t we choose our own Patriarch?’

June 30, 2016

Why has the Pope suddenly parachuted two Italian Franciscan priests into the most prestigious Catholic posts in the Holy Land? Both men are non-Arabic speaking. On May 20, Fr Francesco Patton took over as Custos of the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land. Last week, the Pope announced that Fr Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who had been

The Lords reform we really need

June 09, 2016

Is it time to ditch the 26 Anglican bishops, the Lords Spiritual, in the House of Lords? Or should their numbers just be reduced and replaced by the heads of other faiths? The tenacious hold of the Church of England shows no sign of weakening. Despite the need for the Upper House to reflect the

Did this obelisk inspire Moses?

March 24, 2016

Many visitors who rush to the Paris Louvre to gaze at Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, or La Joconde as the French call her, miss seeing another of the museum’s prize exhibits: one of the most ancient legal codes in the world. Engraved on a tall black basalt obelisk, the Code of Hammurabi takes pride of place

What this Roman did for us

January 07, 2016

As the River Ouse burst its banks and floodwater filled the streets of the city of York over Christmas, rubber boats came to the rescue, desperate residents were evacuated and the population rallied to help. But the doors of the Yorkshire Museum (yorkshiremuseum.org.uk), home to the oldest bust of Constantine “the Great” (272-337), did not

How Scotland rediscovered Christmas

December 22, 2015

Not many people are aware that Christmas Day wasn’t celebrated in Scotland till the mid-20th century. Even after it was declared a public holiday in 1958, some Scots blissfully ignored the event and continued their day-to-day work. One friend remembers coal being delivered on Christmas Day, not because the thrifty Scots were saving resources for

Putin, the Tsar and the Archbishop

November 19, 2015

Is Putin is trying to pick up from where Tsar Nicholas left off?

Orhan Pamuk: ‘Now I only have one bodyguard’

October 01, 2015

Nobel Prize-winner Orhan Pamuk received death threats when he spoke up for Turkey’s religious minorities. On a visit to London, he explains why he won’t be silenced

I wouldn’t dip a finger in the River Jordan

July 16, 2015

What matters is not so much the precise spot of Jesus's baptism, but rather the importance of the whole ritual

Time for another Dead Sea earthquake

March 12, 2015

The chronology of earthquakes in the Holy Land from the Bronze Age to the present is alarming

Parish priest in the Holy Land: ‘we want Christians from abroad to stay in our homes’

November 28, 2014

The remaining all-Christian villages in the region are picturesque and prosperous and trace their history to the first century

Fr Jerome Murphy-O’Connor: Why scholarship trumps archaeology

November 13, 2013

In a recent interview with the Herald, Father Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, who died this week, argues the pen is mightier than the spade

Art review: Australia, Royal Academy

November 05, 2013

Despite some evocative landscapes, the latest RA blockbuster struggles to squeeze two centuries of art from an entire continent into an exhibition of 200 works

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