What you will find below is a pleasant mix of fact and fiction; loquacity and punchy prose; light reading and heavy.
Tag: catholic history
The Vatican Council (1930) – the definitive account
Renowned historian Dom Cuthebert Butler renders in fluid prose and engaging narrative the oft forgotten First Vatican Council
Authentic renewal: Life and Liturgy by Fr Louis Bouyer
Fr Louis Bouyer saw the liturgy of the 20th century as being like was like a great gem preserved in ember
Hinges of History: The Gifts of the Jews
The gifts of the Jews are manifold, ranging from the concept of history itself, to a profound monotheism at odds with the polytheism of the majority of religions
Hinges of History: How the Irish Saved Civilisation
What did the Irish ever do for us? Well, according to historian Thomas Cahill, we have them to thank for the survival of Western Civilisation!
Catholic classics for Lent: ‘The Scarlet and the Black’
The Scarlet and the Black is a classic Catholic movie which brings Msgr O’Flaherty’s story to life through a mix of kitsch drama and procedural realism