Leaders
Mass appeal should be for everyone
Vocations need not be consigned to the past
Diary – Adam Dant
Columns
Long Division – In an age of medical apartheid, it’s time for some acts of love, Constance Watson
Reading runes – Revelling in the theology of George Mackay Brown, Serenhedd James
Compulsory Church – How our medieval forebears managed Mass, Nicholas Orme
Following St Francis – We should swap vanity for peacemaking, Niall Gooch
The states vs Texas – Why Texas pro-lifers shouldn’t celebrate just yet, Ken Craycraft
Features
The tolerant George III – Against emancipation, but the mad King held the Catholics in high regard, Andrew Roberts
The Spy who came into the Church – The remarkable story of a war hero turned monk, Bernard Lewis
The thin end of the wedge – Our legal system rides roughshod over people’s faith and feelings, Justin Doherty
The passion of the producer – On the agonies of financing religious films, David Sower
Education Special Report
Shepherding the flock – Good chaplains set pupils up for life, Ferdie Rous
Inspiring a generation – The young of today and leaders of tomorrow, Stefan Kaminski
Showing up wokeness – How Dante leads the way, Diego Murillo
Minding our language – On ending chronological snobbery, Roy Peachey
Learning difficulties and lockdown – 18 months of hampered learning, Elisa Segrave
Arts & Books
Climate Catastrophe and Faith: How changes in Climate Drive Religous Upheavals by Philip Jenkins reviewed by John Cornwell
Holland Blind Twighlight by John Martin Robinson, reviewed by Michael Hodges
Matrix by Lauren Groff, reviewed by Arabella Byrne
Oh! William by Elizabeth Strout, reviewed by Cressida Conolly
Henry ‘Chips’ Channon:the Diaries Volume 2, 1938 -1943 by Chips Channon, edited by Simon Heffer, reviewed by Nicky Haslam
Silverview by John Le Carré, reviewed by Charles Cumming
Interview: Will Todd – The brilliant composer whose passion for the sacred informs his life and work, Melanie McDonagh
Saints and saleability – Exploring the world of Catholic Tat, Anthony Cazalet
Dragging us out of despair – On the consolation of Robert Southwell’s poetry, Archie Hill
Liszt and God – Not quite a religious composer, Jonathan Gaisman
Life & Soul
October Diary – Anna Somers Cocks
Tessa’s Feasts – Two fishies on dishies for St Andrew, Tessa Balfour
The Pointed Arch – The remarkable restoration of St Birinus, Michael Hodges
Lost in translation – Mass-goers may struggle with the new approved lectionary, Richard J Ounsworth
The Garden – Closing the loop between truth and beauty in Autumn, Charlie Hart
The truth about the Tridentine Mass – Father Anonymous
Travel & Pilgrimage
Scotland’s Sacred Isle – Paying homage to a holy past, William Cash
On Pilgrimage with Rosemary Hill
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