That COVID-19 Comes to Appalachia
November 27, 2020
The cold came on so fast this year. We’d had a couple of cold snaps in northern Appalachia this fall; it even snowed a...
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Prophets who foretold the end of Catholic Ireland – and mourned it
November 15, 2020
Long before its collapse became evident, three writers foretold the decline of the Irish Church – and worried about what would come next
As a museum director, I’ve been moved by a sense of the divine
November 15, 2020
The culture of patronage in the arts has been fundamental to the Church
‘Nothing is more important than the truth’: Jennifer Frey interviewed
November 12, 2020
St Augustine and Aquinas led Jennifer Frey to the Faith. Now she wants Catholic and contemporary philosophers to ‘talk more to each other’
‘Consolation in distress’: the church built for shellshocked veterans
November 12, 2020
St Mary of the Angels in Gloucestershire is a monument to the care and devotion of two remarkable women, says Rachel Morley
Tears of relief at the Cheltenham Literary Festival
November 6, 2020
It was a joy to see a live audience after so long
‘This is their witness to the world’: an interview with a Catholic community worker
October 16, 2020
Pope Francis has spoken about finding God “in the messiness of life”. It’s a phrase that resonates with Gerry Flanagan. In the early 1980s,...
Mistresses and conspiracy theories: Catholicism at Charles II’s court
October 16, 2020
In 1681, when Charles II’s mistress Nell Gwyn travelled to see the king in Oxford, an angry crowd jostled her coach. In response, Nell...
Daycations and saycations: What the pandemic has done to an old word
October 16, 2020
I’m struck by the way this word has caught on in new guises. It’s a very old word: Chaucer used it, as did Shakespeare;...
Carlo Acutis: His Life and Legacy
October 9, 2020
Acclaimed author Corinna Turner looks at the life and powerful legacy of witness of Carlo Acutis, whose beatification is Saturday, 10 October 2020.
Prisoners, professors and immigrants: Swedish Catholicism today
October 9, 2020
In Sweden, like other Scandinavian countries, Catholics are a very small minority. At the same time, this is one of the few areas of...
The rise and fall of Swedish Catholicism
October 9, 2020
Christianity in Sweden has been both nourished and bedevilled by legend. The life of the country’s patron saint, King Eric the Holy (d 1160),...
That COVID-19 Comes to Appalachia
November 27, 2020
The cold came on so fast this year. We’d had a couple of cold snaps in northern Appalachia this fall; it even snowed a...
Prophets who foretold the end of Catholic Ireland – and mourned it
November 15, 2020
Long before its collapse became evident, three writers foretold the decline of the Irish Church – and worried about what would come next
As a museum director, I’ve been moved by a sense of the divine
November 15, 2020
The culture of patronage in the arts has been fundamental to the Church
‘Nothing is more important than the truth’: Jennifer Frey interviewed
November 12, 2020
St Augustine and Aquinas led Jennifer Frey to the Faith. Now she wants Catholic and contemporary philosophers to ‘talk more to each other’
‘Consolation in distress’: the church built for shellshocked veterans
November 12, 2020
St Mary of the Angels in Gloucestershire is a monument to the care and devotion of two remarkable women, says Rachel Morley
Tears of relief at the Cheltenham Literary Festival
November 6, 2020
It was a joy to see a live audience after so long
‘This is their witness to the world’: an interview with a Catholic community worker
October 16, 2020
Pope Francis has spoken about finding God “in the messiness of life”. It’s a phrase that resonates with Gerry Flanagan. In the early 1980s,...
Mistresses and conspiracy theories: Catholicism at Charles II’s court
October 16, 2020
In 1681, when Charles II’s mistress Nell Gwyn travelled to see the king in Oxford, an angry crowd jostled her coach. In response, Nell...
Daycations and saycations: What the pandemic has done to an old word
October 16, 2020
I’m struck by the way this word has caught on in new guises. It’s a very old word: Chaucer used it, as did Shakespeare;...
Carlo Acutis: His Life and Legacy
October 9, 2020
Acclaimed author Corinna Turner looks at the life and powerful legacy of witness of Carlo Acutis, whose beatification is Saturday, 10 October 2020.
Prisoners, professors and immigrants: Swedish Catholicism today
October 9, 2020
In Sweden, like other Scandinavian countries, Catholics are a very small minority. At the same time, this is one of the few areas of...
The rise and fall of Swedish Catholicism
October 9, 2020
Christianity in Sweden has been both nourished and bedevilled by legend. The life of the country’s patron saint, King Eric the Holy (d 1160),...
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