Leaders

Pray for peace in Ukraine

How one book changed perceptions of the Reformation in England

Celebrating the truth of Christianity at Easter

Features
Diary – Jonathan Bate

John Goddard – The tale of his conversionSimon Caldwell

Thinking with Scruton – The philosopher’s Christian understanding of the worldKarl Gustel Wärnberg

The Stripping of the Altars – Reflecting on a groundbreaking work 30 years onEamon Duffy

‘A radical expression of the faith’ – Five hundred and one years of the JesuitsMelanie McDonagh

The Records Office – An extract from a new story by Simon Caldwell

Ukraine Supplement

The Humanitarian Front – Reporting from the Ukrainian borderWilliam Cash

The Great and the Good – Poland is welcoming millions of refugees from the warMarcin Wikło

A Seminary at War – On the ordinands fulfilling their vocations amid the turmoil of warSerenhedd James

Brothers in Alms – How the Redemptorists are caring for refugees in UkraineDavid Godfrey

A Shared Vision – Church and state, à la RusseMark Jenkins

The Virgin Praying… for Ukraine – How Ukraine’s apparition of the Virgin speaks to those afflicted by war, John Cornwell

Columns

Serenhedd James – Friends Reunited

Ken Craycraft – Learning how to be forgiven

Olenka Hamilton – Three is the magic number (of children)

Constance Watson – Fearing is believing

Niall Gooch – Rock of ages

Arts & Books

Fr Christopher Colven reviews Mary, Founder of Christianity, by Chris Maunder

John Stubbs reviews Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, by Katherine Rundell

Gertrude Clarke reviews Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women BroughtPhilosophy Back to Life, by Clare Mac Cumhaill and Clare Wiseman

Cressida Connolly reviews French Braid, by Anne Taylor

Sophia Waugh reviews Elizabeth Finch, by Julian Barnes

Film – Fighting for faith, a review of Father Stu, Nick Ripatrazone

Music – Mother’s boy: Jakub Józef OrlińskiMichael White

Life & Soul

Ukrainian Diary – William Cash

Pointed Arch – The copious output of Joseph Hansom, Michael Hodges

Richard J Ounsworth – A complete death after the Resurrection

Pain and Suffering – Learning to live with a dilemma, Mark Dowd

Science – Shining a light on faithRobert Verrill OP

The Garden – Amid budding flowers, we prepare for the joy of EasterCharlie Hart

Papal Pets – The Vatican once hosted a menagerie of exotic animalsAnthony Cazalet

Travel & Pilgrimage

Still waiting for their miracle – How Iraqi Christians are faring a year on from Pope Francis’s historic visitJohn Cookson

On Pilgrimage Colm Tóibín

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