Book review of The Elizabethans by A.N. Wilson

After the Reformation, Catholic nuns fled across the Channel, only to return centuries later. Now, the last of the exiled orders is closing

English convent life has slipped out of sight. But women in holy orders still have a crucial role in an increasingly secular society

The three million young pilgrims attending World Youth Day this year are just one part of a radical Catholic movement begun by John Paul II and developed by Pope Benedict