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December 05, 2022
Worth the wait: Piero’s “Nativity” unveiled in all its glory
December 05, 2022
After three years of painstaking work, Piero della Francesca’s famous Nativity, from the early 1480s, has returned to public display in the National Gallery in London just in time for Christmas. After an uncommonly difficult restoration, carried out by the Gallery’s own Conservation Department, the world-renowned piece made its long-awaited return to view on 1
How emperors protected the Papacy from bad popes and created Western Civilization
December 05, 2022
In the December issue, Piers Paul Read reminded readers of the times when Christianity was persecuted. This is not untimely, given the re-commencement of persecution of Christians in our day and the growth of Christophobia. But what of the days when Christianity was not persecuted but enjoyed very harmonious relations with the secular powers? Piers
Church and state’s uneasy relationship
December 05, 2022
Piers Paul Read finds that from the beginning of Christianity right up to today there has been conflict with secular powers
Offspring of a Virgin’s womb
December 05, 2022
Our Lady’s virginity is no later embellishment, explains John Barton
The Irish Church: saints and sinners
December 05, 2022
Roy Foster admires Mary Kenny’s latest collection of essays on 20th-century Ireland
All in the best possible taste
December 05, 2022
Catholica: The Visual Culture of Catholicism Suzanna Ivanič Thames & Hudson, £25, 256 pages The visual has always held a special place in Catholic devotion. Not for the Roman Church the iconoclasms of Byzantium, Cromwell or Calvin. Pope Gregory the Great rationalised this approach in the seventh century: “It is one thing to worship a
Lady Susan Hussey was no threat to Ngozi Fulani
December 05, 2022
About 6 months ago I was asked by my Nigerian friend Father M if I would take part in an online conversation about faith in the public square.  It was based in Nigeria and there were about 200 participants. I was the only white woman. After the event, Fr M shared with me some messages that he had
Census 2021 and Newman’s ‘age of infidelity’
December 05, 2022
Christians are now well into the season of Advent, the time of preparation for Christmas, the feast of the Nativity of Jesus Christ. This was the hour when the “light of men” entered human history. This is the light that, according to St John, “shines in darkness and darkness could not overpower it”. The words
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