Prodigal Brother
The Rage Against God: Why Faith is the Foundation of Civilisation by Peter Hitchens
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
If England Had Remained Catholic
Did the Reformation rescue us from theocracy? Or are we poorer without pilgrims, saints and feasts?
Spare the Thumbscrews
The Italian Inquisition by Christopher F. Black
A Macabre New Vision of Spain
The influence of religious sculpture on the Golden Age painters suddenly becomes clear
The Paganisation of Western Culture
We in the Western World have moved on from Christianity to worship the pagan gods of power, money, sex and fame
Silvio’s House of Cards
‘Italy's real problem isn't Berlusconi's private affairs. Rather, the problem is the culture he now represents. ’
Lisieux, France: Relics of Thérèse
The veneration of saint's relics largely died out after the Reformation, but the bones of one 19th-Century nun inexplicably attract millions of pilgrims from around the world today
United States: The Path to Rome via San Francisco
‘In the 1950s, Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene wrote triumphalist Catholic novels with miracles as part of the story — Brideshead Revisited, The End of the Affair. They were bestsellers. Since Vatican II,
Faith, Hope and the Free Economy
Catholicism is compatible with capitalism, not the overmighty state
A Friend to All
An abridged version of an address at a memorial service for Rabbi Sidney Brichto, who died on 16 January 2009
The Stem Cell Wars are Over
Thanks to a breakthrough, human embryos need not be sacrificed in the cause of science
Where Did the Big Bang Come From?
The story of Georges Lemaître shows how cosmology moves in mysterious ways