Thomas J Craughwell, Author at Catholic Herald

Thomas J Craughwell

March 16, 2017

Last month the circus came to the Vatican. During Pope Francis’s weekly general audience, magicians, clowns and acrobats performed on the steps of St Peter’s Basilica, and managed to work the Holy Father into the act. A clown twisted balloons into the shape of a giant flower and presented it to the Pope, while a

Thomas More’s amazing descendants

February 02, 2017

This week we mark the birthday of St Thomas More, who was born in his parents’ home at Milk Street in London, just a few steps from the Guildhall. The house is long gone, of course, but the Corporation of London has erected a memorial tablet that reads: “Sir Thomas More was born in a

Scorsese’s gift to the Jesuits

November 03, 2016

The discovery of King Richard III’s bones underneath a car park in Leicester was one of the hottest news stories of 2012. And it still generates a lot of interest: according to the BBC, since the reburial in 2015 of Richard’s remains beneath a handsome tomb in Leicester Cathedral, about 2,500 visitors a day have

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