Comment & Features

Saints and the plague: two heroes of a past pandemic – John Morrill

Editorial: An unexpected blessing – The Catholic Herald

Letter to subscribers: Why we’re becoming a monthly magazine – Dan Hitchens

Diary: Self-isolation is nothing new for this horse owner – Melissa Kite

Pope Francis’s signature moment – Fr Raymond de Souza

How to meditate – Fr James Jackson FSSP

Can the expert elite survive? – Matthew Schmitz

Plagues bring fear and isolation – but Church history shows there are remedies – Thomas Chacko

Our new habits: Piano lessons, smoking and Zoom – Mary Kenny

Tales of isolation with Chaucer – William Cash

Letters: Liturgy for the housebound

News Analysis

Half a million see England rededicated as Mary’s Dowry ‘in the eye of the storm’ – Simon Caldwell

Amid the pandemic, abortion advocates get their way – Simon Caldwell

As Pittsburgh’s steel mills have closed, so its people have drifted away from the Church – David Mills

The Order of Malta is discovering fresh ways to help around the world – Philippa Leslie

Australia’s lockdown: Hairdressers stay open while churches close – Natasha Marsh

Arts & Books

‘Such is the power of charity!’ Manzoni’s novel of the plague – Joseph Pearce

Small farmers against Big Pharma – Victor Stepien

God’s whistle: a poet’s view of the Black Death – Carl Schmidt

Management consultants could help the Church – up to a point – Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Nature-worship in the land of inequality – Victor Stepien

Life & Soul

Let us listen to a Lord who did not turn back – Bishop David McGough

We can emerge from this time with even greater devotion – Fr John Zuhlsdorf

The re-dedication of England is about more than nostalgia – Fr Dominic Allain

How to… Prepare for Holy Week

Heretic of the week: Charles Taze Russell – Charles Coulombe

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