A radical who lived in poverty in Africa
March 9, 2020
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St Valentine’s Day has become associated with romantic love, even though Valentine was an early Roman martyr – that is,
Hitler: bohemian, bore and monster
March 5, 2020
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Hitler: Downfall 1939-45 By Volker Ullrich Bodley Head, 838pp, £30/$39.95 Putting the war dates in the title is significant. Volker
An evolutionary debate in the age of Pope Leo XIII
March 5, 2020
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Faith and Science at Notre Dame By John Slattery University of Notre Dame Press, 272pp, £28.99/$27 The Catholic Church has
The digital age has sparked anxiety about democracy
March 5, 2020
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In Defence of Democracy By Roslyn Fuller Polity, 257pp, £15.99/$22.50 The Brexit vote to leave the European Union and the
What is the difference between us and the heroic Christian martyrs?
March 4, 2020
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In Dana Gioia’s thoughtful essay, “To Witness Truth Uncompromised; Modern Martyrs”, one of his essays collected under the title The
Have you tried the 33-day consecration to Mary?
March 4, 2020
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The other Sunday my son brought back from his parish church a free booklet entitled “33 Days to Morning Glory”.
Charles I’s reign looked promising for Catholics. Where did it all go wrong?
February 27, 2020
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Providence Lost By Paul Lay Head of Zeus, 352pp, £30/$49.95 On the face of it, the situation of English Catholics
A former underground priest looks back at 1968
February 27, 2020
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From the Underground Church to Freedom By Tomáš Halík University of Notre Dame Press, 374pp, £39.50/$35 At one point in
Spiritual books: The need for healing, Fulton Sheen and the diary of a marriage
February 27, 2020
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Dan Burke, founder and president of the Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation, has written Spiritual Warfare and the Discernment of
The perfect Fulton Sheen book for Lent
February 24, 2020
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It will soon be Lent and I have been reading Characters of the Passion by the late Fulton J Sheen,
We try to ignore death, but we need not be afraid
February 24, 2020
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I recently watched a friend die. In hospital, receiving palliative care, his life had been mainly one of poor choices
How Donald Trump charmed Evangelicals
February 20, 2020
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Trump and the Puritans By James Roberts and Martyn Whittock Biteback, 320pp, £20/$29.95 “God wanted Donald Trump to be president.” That