Our lack of welcome
November 29, 2018
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“Widows, orphans and strangers”: that’s code in Scripture for the three most vulnerable groups within a society at any given
Germany’s discontents
November 29, 2018
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Peter Hitchens visits Germany and Scandinavia
? Heretic of the week
November 29, 2018
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Eutyches (380-456) was a priest in Constantinople when last week’s heretic, Nestorius, became his archbishop. In response to his superior’s
Prize crossword 0570
November 29, 2018
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Cryptic across 5 Let drugs into Hen night – that’s a bit hairy (9) 8 In favour of tea, they
Mass readings
November 29, 2018
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Ordinary Form Divine Office Week I Sunday, December 2: The First Sunday of Advent Jer 33:14-16; Ps 25; 1 Thes
How to…. Genuflect
November 29, 2018
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Kneeling has always been a gesture of reverence; but the practice of genuflecting – touching the right knee briefly to
Diary of a city priest
November 29, 2018
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So Advent begins again: the first great penitential season of the year. In the better monasteries it’s still a season
Omnium gatherum
November 29, 2018
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“Tuis enim fidelibus, Domine, vita mutatur non tollitur … Truly for Thy faithful, O Lord, life is changed, not taken
The Word this week
November 29, 2018
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First Sunday of Advent Jer 33:14-16; 1 Thess 3:12 – 4:2; Lk 21:25-28 (Year C) The season of Advent belongs
The horror and the beauty of ancient Greece
November 29, 2018
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The Odyssey By Homer, translated by Emily Wilson, WW Norton, 593pp, £30/$40 The Odyssey – and The Iliad – are
Has your toaster got cyber-security? It may soon need it
November 29, 2018
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A new study by a security expert
Nietzsche: the world’s most misunderstood philosopher?
November 29, 2018
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I Am Dynamite: A Life of Nietzsche By Sue Prideaux, Faber, 444pp, £25/$30 Nietzsche is alive as most philosophers aren’t.