Paul Shrimpton, Author at Catholic Herald

Paul Shrimpton

Obituary: Fr Ian Ker was a priest and scholar who opened up Newman’s thought to the world

November 08, 2022

Fr Ian Turnbull Ker, the leading scholar on the life and work of St John Henry Newman, died on 5 November. He was a brilliant writer and biographer, as well as a parish priest, and published over twenty books on Newman and his theology. His John Henry Newman has long been regarded as the definitive account of

Ian Ker at 80

October 12, 2022

Paul Shrimpton introduces a volume in honour of the doyen of Newman scholars

Resisting the Nazis with Newman

September 12, 2019

Who today knows the legacy of John Henry Newman on conscience better than Benedict XVI? He lived through the horrors of Nazi Germany and saw the devastating effects of National Socialism on the consciences of his fellow Germans. On entering the seminary in January 1946 the German catastrophe was the burning issue of the time:

How Newman inspired the German resistance

February 17, 2018

It is 75 years since anti-Nazi demonstrators took the action which would lead to their executions

How Newman inspired the German resistance

February 15, 2018

Seventy-five years ago, on February 18, 1943, Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie were caught distributing anti-Nazi leaflets in Munich University. Five days later they were tried and executed for high treason on Hitler’s direct orders. The Scholls belonged to a group of students who, using the nom de guerre of the White Rose, spoke

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