13+ hour, 33+ min ago  (238+ words) The Catholic Herald It drives you mad, the sun. Or so they tell me, but personally I can't get enough of it. But then I don't live in 1940s Algiers like Albert Camus did. His novel L'tranger " "The Stranger, now adapted for…...

13+ hour, 33+ min ago  (876+ words) The Catholic Herald Secrecy and fear in a fallen fellowship Unchosen, Netflix, Series 1 (6 episodes) "Over two thousand cults exist in the United Kingdom. Some are closed communities. But many, like this fictional one, live in plain sight." Having grown up…...

10+ hour, 43+ min ago  (839+ words) Since the re-election of Donald Trump, much has been said " or rather screamed " about multiculturalism. Most countries in the West are facing record levels of immigration from non-Western nations, and a seismic demographic shift has taken place. On the one…...

10+ hour, 56+ min ago  (78+ words) The "safe European home" looked absurd to the punks and, as I have said already, they were not entirely wrong: any rule looks absurd once its purpose has been lost. But while punks saw the absurdity, they did not realise…...

11+ hour, 50+ min ago  (1137+ words) The Catholic Herald Speaking in tongues: it's not what you think In 2019, seminarians at my institution reported being pressured to attend charismatic meetings to learn to "speak in tongues' and receive "Spirit baptism'. The rector formed a commission, and the…...

11+ hour, 55+ min ago  (575+ words) Two days after Cardinal Robert Prevost accepted the vote of his brothers in the College of Cardinals to become Pope, the newly minted Leo XIV outlined the priorities of his papacy. As of May 8, 2026, the cardinals and the Church at…...

11+ hour, 59+ min ago  (782+ words) The Catholic Herald The delightful wisdom of Winnie-the-Pooh In a recent appearance on Alex O'Connor's Within Reason podcast, Philip Pullman expressed his distaste for the works of AA Milne and CS Lewis. Singling out Milne for special criticism, Pullman accused…...

13+ hour, 5+ min ago  (285+ words) The difference now is not that falsehood exists. The difference is that falsehood can be manufactured instantly, dressed in the clothes of truth, and sent round the world before a sensible man has finished his breakfast. AI will make this…...

13+ hour, 14+ min ago  (241+ words) There are indications to pay attention to that our intentions need purification: becoming disproportionately wounded by criticism, resentful of the success of others, or overly nourished by praise. Such reactions, however common, should be part of our examination of conscience…...

13+ hour, 17+ min ago  (724+ words) The Catholic Herald Wedding-day nightmare dressed as black comedy "The Drama" (1h45m), directed by Kristoffer Borgli I thought Zendaya was a singer " she is " but she can also act, much to my astonishment. As one half of a Manhattan golden couple…...