The Church in Britain can do more for young black Catholics
August 6, 2020
On August 1 – by the time you read this – I will become the first British-born black priest of Brentwood diocese. While that’s...
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August 6, 2020
In his 14 years at Westminster Cathedral, Canon Christopher Tuckwell became a fixture of the Catholic world, his booming voice and sturdy presence bringing...
The movies ignore it, but Robin Hood was a very Catholic hero
August 6, 2020
In the collective imagination of the Anglosphere, Robin Hood is second only to King Arthur in the hold he has on the public mind....
Eduard Habsburg: My family history in full – well, almost
August 6, 2020
The Habsburgs By Martyn Rady Allen Lane, 416pp/£20.80 If you are a young Habsburg in school and the topic of the Habsburg family arises...
‘As a physicist, how can you accept the Assumption?’ Here’s my answer
August 6, 2020
As a physicist and a priest, I am sometimes asked how I can accept what the Church teaches about miracles, or revealed doctrines such...
Archbishop John Wilson: the meaning of a murderer’s conversion
August 6, 2020
A delinquent and wastrel; a murderer executed for his crime. Surely a bad example? Well, yes, if you ignore his conversion. “In five hours...
As the ‘Great Awokening’ flourishes, we need to preach the Gospel instead
July 10, 2020
Across the West, a new religious movement is unfolding. This “Great Awokening” professes high ideals in terms that are dangerous to dispute. Anyone who...
Good Friday on the island that never locked down
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Empty shelves, a shortage of essential goods, not being able to travel easily; such has been the lockdown experience in the UK. For the...
David Bentley Hart’s attack on Christian tradition fails to convince
July 10, 2020
That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation By David Bentley Hart Yale University Press, 222pp, £20/$26 Eastern Orthodox theologian David Bentley...
Christians have a duty to change society – yes, even at the level of the state
July 10, 2020
In the Parable of the Sower, Jesus warned his disciples that some Gospel seed would fall to waste among thorns. Suffocating “cares, riches and...
Being ‘made in the image of God’ means we can know and love as God does
July 10, 2020
Ecclesiastes is not the first place one might look in the Bible for an inspiringly positive message. “All streams run to the sea, but...
The road to Canterbury: Why St Thomas Becket still fascinates 850 years after his murder
July 7, 2020
This July was meant to have seen the return to Canterbury of a major relic: the blood-splattered tunicle (shirt) reputedly worn by Archbishop Thomas...
The Church in Britain can do more for young black Catholics
August 6, 2020
On August 1 – by the time you read this – I will become the first British-born black priest of Brentwood diocese. While that’s...
Obituary: Canon Christopher Tuckwell, master of the raised eyebrow
August 6, 2020
In his 14 years at Westminster Cathedral, Canon Christopher Tuckwell became a fixture of the Catholic world, his booming voice and sturdy presence bringing...
The movies ignore it, but Robin Hood was a very Catholic hero
August 6, 2020
In the collective imagination of the Anglosphere, Robin Hood is second only to King Arthur in the hold he has on the public mind....
Eduard Habsburg: My family history in full – well, almost
August 6, 2020
The Habsburgs By Martyn Rady Allen Lane, 416pp/£20.80 If you are a young Habsburg in school and the topic of the Habsburg family arises...
‘As a physicist, how can you accept the Assumption?’ Here’s my answer
August 6, 2020
As a physicist and a priest, I am sometimes asked how I can accept what the Church teaches about miracles, or revealed doctrines such...
Archbishop John Wilson: the meaning of a murderer’s conversion
August 6, 2020
A delinquent and wastrel; a murderer executed for his crime. Surely a bad example? Well, yes, if you ignore his conversion. “In five hours...
As the ‘Great Awokening’ flourishes, we need to preach the Gospel instead
July 10, 2020
Across the West, a new religious movement is unfolding. This “Great Awokening” professes high ideals in terms that are dangerous to dispute. Anyone who...
Good Friday on the island that never locked down
July 10, 2020
Empty shelves, a shortage of essential goods, not being able to travel easily; such has been the lockdown experience in the UK. For the...
David Bentley Hart’s attack on Christian tradition fails to convince
July 10, 2020
That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation By David Bentley Hart Yale University Press, 222pp, £20/$26 Eastern Orthodox theologian David Bentley...
Christians have a duty to change society – yes, even at the level of the state
July 10, 2020
In the Parable of the Sower, Jesus warned his disciples that some Gospel seed would fall to waste among thorns. Suffocating “cares, riches and...
Being ‘made in the image of God’ means we can know and love as God does
July 10, 2020
Ecclesiastes is not the first place one might look in the Bible for an inspiringly positive message. “All streams run to the sea, but...
The road to Canterbury: Why St Thomas Becket still fascinates 850 years after his murder
July 7, 2020
This July was meant to have seen the return to Canterbury of a major relic: the blood-splattered tunicle (shirt) reputedly worn by Archbishop Thomas...
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