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March 01, 2023

Deeper insight into Mary, Queen of Scots

March 01, 2023

A moving and insightful treasure trove of her ‘lost letters’ has been discovered online, writes Gertrude Clark.

The Douai Martyrs: Faith of our Fathers

March 01, 2023

In his new book on the Douai Martyrs, Fr Gerard Skinner hopes the memory of their sacrifice inspires devotion.

Stanley James: Journey home of a spiritual tramp

March 01, 2023

Robert Nurden introduces his grandfather, former Herald deputy editor Stanley James. A raw young cowboy herds the cattle on a ranch in the foot-hills of the Rockies in 1890s Canada. A private in the Amer-ican army all but dies from yellow fever fighting the Spanish in Puerto Rico. A nonconformist minister preaches passionate socialism from

New commission to address ‘broken’ immigration system

March 01, 2023

The cross-party, multi-faith Commission on the Integration of Refugees aims to create a society where all feel welcome. immigration Is A hot-button topic in the UK. Whether it’s migrant boats crossing the Channel, asylum seekers clashing with protestors in Knowsley, or the government’s attempts to deport migrants to Rwanda, the issue is never far from

The demise of Christian America

March 01, 2023

Stephen Bullivant presents evidence that the US is becoming an ex-Christian country, as more people become ‘nonverts’ to no religion. Meet John: a serious, straitlaced, staunch libertarian. Economically and sartorially conservative, he panic-bought his AR-15 rifle in 2016 in fear of a looming Clinton repeal of the Second Amendment. Meet Judy: a proud, practising polyamorous

‘Christendom was over’: George Weigel on Vatican II

March 01, 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 leg-acy” of Vatican II, Weigel argues that the ecumenical council was

John P Meier: Catholic biblical scholar of rigour

March 01, 2023

When Fr John P Meier died in October 2022, the world lost a renowned Catholic biblical scholar – whose ambitious, multi-volume project, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, was praised by Pope Benedict XVI as “outstanding both in its thoroughness and its accuracy” and a “model of historical-critical exegesis.” Meier was the prototypical Catholic

Recipes: There’s no reason why Lent shouldn’t be both meat-free and delicious

March 01, 2023

Here we are, then, in the middle of Lent. Perhaps you’re keeping your resolutions, or perhaps you’re finding it more difficult. However you’re getting on, here are a couple of simple tasty dishes that might make fasting a bit more bearable – or even enjoyable! They’re both very quick and easy to make, totally plant-based,

Nitisma: The fast way to happiness

March 01, 2023

When was the last time you saw a book on Greek Orthodoxy with encomiums from Jamie Oliver and Claudia Roden on the cover? Well, this is what you get with Georgina Hayden’s Nistisima. It’s a book about fasting food – which is what the title means – from a Greek Orthodox (Cypriot) perspective; and the

Stonyhurst College and its churches

March 01, 2023

Stonyhurst is a remarkable establishment, in both architectural and other ways. It is physically situated in remote Lancashire countryside to the east of Clitheroe between the rivers Ribble and Hodder. The land had been owned by the Shireburn family since the early 14th century. Sir Richard Shireburn (1522-94) was a successful Catholic Elizabethan follower of

This presentation of the Tudors is about the battle for England’s soul

March 01, 2023

Imagine trying to export the Tudors without the help of Hilary Mantel. After her untimely death in the autumn, the Cleveland Museum of Art has managed, with assistance from the Met in New York, where The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England began its US tour. The person they needed more desperately was Queen

Vermeer: A Catholic painter in Calvinist Delft?

March 01, 2023

Michael White takes in the Rijksmuseum’s show on the life, work and faith of Johannes Vermeer. Within the world’s great art collections, Titians, Rembrandts and Picassos come as standard. But to have just one Vermeer gracing your walls is something else: a prize beyond compare. Perhaps the most exclusive and elusive painter of the first