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February 13, 2023

Donatello’s outstanding virtuosity shows both his devotion and his playfulness

February 13, 2023

Visitors to the V&A’s Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance are greeted by a young David standing proudly with the head of Goliath at his feet. As a symbol of the city of Florence and commissioned originally for the Cathedral – only to be quickly repurposed as a civic emblem for the Palazzo della Signoria – the statue perfectly introduces us to Donatello placed at the heart of Florentine self-image.

George Weigel’s new book is a colossal contribution to modern Church history

February 13, 2023

“Christendom was over.” These stark words, repeated several times by the great American scholar George Weigel in his new book, To Sanctify the World, sum up the Church’s predicament on the eve of the Second Vatican Council. In his magisterial apologia for “the vital legacy” of Vatican II, Weigel argues that the ecumenical council was summoned by

Pope Francis prays for Nicaraguan bishop imprisoned for 26 years for trumped-up treason charges

February 13, 2023

Pope Francis has expressed his grief at the jailing of a Nicaraguan Catholic bishop for 26 years on trumped-up charges of treason. The Pontiff prayed for Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa during the Sunday Angelus in Rome. The bishop was summarily imprisoned for 26 years last week after he refused to follow 222 other Nicaraguan

Dublin’s appalling new ‘St Patrick’s Festival’ bears no resemblance to the feast day’s origins

February 13, 2023

Hot on the heels of rebranding Christmas festivities in Dublin as “winter holidays” and co-opting St Brigid’s day on behalf of a mythical Celtic goddess, Dublin City Council, along with the Irish Government, launched its St Patrick’s Day festival with a distinct absence of green, Irish heritage and any connection with its religious roots. The