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A rallying cry to the Church by one of 20th century’s great intellectual converts: Elizabeth Anscombe’s iconic 1938 letter to the Catholic Herald

Elizabeth Anscombe

Restoring the Catholic grand-dame of New Orleans

Peter Finney Jr

New book on Venice could say more on religion’s role in the ‘impossible’ city

Alexander Faludy

Finding hope among the ruins: Rebuilding the Church in Ireland through sincerity

Joseph of Arimathæa artefact at V&A offers rare window into ‘how England really looked’ in Middle Ages

Arabella Illingworth and Tristram Hunt

Normal Women: 900 years of women making history, by Philippa Gregory

Notre Dame historian reveals institutional flaws and failures within Jesuit order behind current scandals

Chris Altieri/Crux

‘Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism’ highlights constant Catholic thread through historical upheavals

Napoleon had a fractious relationship with the Church

Are the dark gods back: Enraged crowds, psychosis and possession?

February 25, 2024

Inglorious Revolution: subcurrents around James II’s attempts at religious toleration

February 21, 2024

‘The Road to Wild Wales’: BBC pilgrimage series returns to explore landscape of early Celtic saints

February 20, 2024

Pugin’s legacy assaulted and recovered: the story of St Barnabas Cathedral, Nottingham

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