Margaret Laird on Rogier van der Weyden’s depiction of the Virgin and Child through the eyes of St Luke The day trippers, the beer drinkers, the chocolate and endless souvenir shops do not dampen my enthusiasm for the beautiful city [...]
PAUL KLEE Making Visible Tate Modern Until 9 March 2014 Admission £15, concessions available THIS IS a large show of s paintings. The exhibition guide – it’s not really a catalogue doesn’t say how many, but there are a lot [...]
Aidan Mayoss CR on the Venetian statue of the Madonna dell’Orto and the motherhood of Mary When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph but before they lived together she was found to be with child’. Joseph is a [...]
Brian Miller on the dangers of emphasizing personal choice over spiritual duty In his essay Thoughts After Lambeth, T.S. Eliot expounds on of his religious views and gives great insight into the nature of his Anglo-Catholicism, but perhaps the essay [...]
Crispin Harrison CR on Jesus’ lament over Jerusalem We are told that the last sound the Word Incarnate made on the cross was a loud cry, not of pain but of triumph at the fulfilment of our salvation. Tears, lamentation, [...]
Ian McCormack on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent remarks about the link between clergy competence and church growth Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. It had been going so well. The Archbishop had taken on Wonga and – despite the [...]
For years I’ve thought that my birthday being Saint Blaise’s day (3 February) was appropriate. As you’ll know, he is the patron saint invoked to cure sore throats. I’ve spent a lifetime roaring on Wimbledon FC. Would that FiF’s leadership [...]
Denis Desert on the safeguarding policies intended to prevent the abuse of the vulnerable A year or so ago I was discussing the subject of the abuse of the vulnerable with a bishop. He commented, ‘The problem is that the [...]
Malcolm Gray on the Association’s support for a drug rehabilitation centre on the outskirts of Fátima Part of the Message of Fátima is the request from Our Lady for people to make sacrifices for the sake of others. When in [...]
Robert Desics explains that widespread ignorance of the truths of Christianity is a problem that cannot be addressed by missing out the difficult concepts The aim is noble, namely, to express Christian truth and doctrine in the language of the [...]