Francis Phillips reviews books for the Catholic Herald.
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Beauty left to itself becomes ugly and malevolent
Monday, September 6th, 2010
Here are five simple criteria for anyone wishing to achieve national treasure status. Prince Philip makes it; Peter Mandelson and Stephen Fry do not
Monday, August 30th, 2010
The author of Confessions would have found the attempt to separate religion and spirituality incomprehensible or misleading
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Writers, artists and poets can show the world that the Church is more than a vast committee meeting
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
I told him everyone had a guardian angel, and that they were ‘all around us at this moment’. For my atheist brother-in-law, this was too much
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
A leaflet by the Ruth Institute could help our country stave off misery and debt at the same time
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
The memoirs of theologian Stanley Hauerwas make me think I could be a pacifist
Monday, August 9th, 2010
If Prop 8 is overturned the implications for American society will be grave indeed. Thankfully one organisation, the Ruth Institute, is putting up a fight
Thursday, August 5th, 2010
After 23 years in prison, Russell L Ford awaits a decision from the 11th federal circuit court in Atlanta
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
The phrase strikes a tinny note against this Catholic’s lexical eardrum
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