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August 03, 2023

A simple joy and peace comes from walking, whether alone or with someone close, says Julian Kwasniewski. Walking with the sun on your back; with the breeze in your hair; with the blue sky in your eyes. Walking with the wind in your ears. This is unadulterated walking. This is human walking. This is a

Response to life

August 03, 2023

Michael White enjoys three very different outstanding performances. When music tourists go to Leipzig it tends to be for JS Bach, who lies buried (or seems to: there are disputes about whether it’s really him) by the chancel steps of the town’s Thomaskirche and presides in death over the rich, ongoing musical life of that

The Bible’s strange poetry

August 03, 2023

A new translation of a book exploring the Bible’s foreign and divine language is a spirited defence of the sacred, poetic Word, says Nick Ripatrazone. Michael Edwards – a London-born professor and poet – was elected to the prestigious Académie Française in 2013. There he serves as a defender of the French language. In this

Life without crises is barely life at all, Pope Francis tells young people

August 03, 2023

LISBON –Pope Francis has met with young people involved in an organisation he established personally in Buenos Aires, encouraging them to accept crises as a natural experience of life. He said that moments of difficulty in life can be healthy and urged them to be compassionate in dealing with people less fortunate than themselves. After

James Jeffrey’s Catholic Herald pilgrimage guide to Assisi

August 03, 2023

Umbria in Italy beckons for the next Catholic Herald pilgrimage at the end of September. We are venturing beyond the Iberian Peninsula to walk the Via di Francesco Camino to the hilltop town of Assisi. La Via di Francesco Camino is inextricably bound up with St Francis – his feast day is on October 4,

Clerical eco-activists and taking God’s name in vain

August 03, 2023

It is not easy to watch pictures of an elderly protestant clergywoman, sporting her dog collar, being arrested for breaching the peace as she disrupts traffic, as the Rev’d Sue Parfitt did. Or a dignified clerical grandfather from Macclesfield, the Rev’d Bill White, being carted off by uniformed police. Two sets of uniforms, one representing

Pope in Lisbon calls on youth to be ‘teachers of hope’

August 03, 2023

LISBON – Pope Francis kicked off the second day of his August 2-6 visit to Lisbon meeting with Catholic university students, telling them to maintain a restless search for a better future and to work toward a more inclusive and just world. He praised the contribution of women and told students not to be afraid