Catholicism
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
How a cross in Corsica sparked a culture war
A dispute over a Corsican village cross has become a proxy conflict in an existential war over French identity
The transcendent in the mundane
Religion cannot be abstracted from institutional life
It was right to deny Communion to Chris Coghlan MP
Religion and politics cannot be entirely separate domains
An admirably efficient steakhouse in the Swiss capital
Salt, fire and happy old cows
Spirits entwined
Pentecostalism and Roman Catholicism are more alike than you might think
A son of Saint Augustine
Christians hoping for a spiritual leader have cause for optimism
A wartime papacy
Amid modern culture wars, Pope Francis was nothing if not unpredictable
Prayer and Pikachu in London
A Catholic conference exposed divisions in the Church
Confessions of a left-wing Pope
Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
The strange birth of woo-woo
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity