Leaders
Why Catholic journalism matters
Should President Biden be barred from communion?
Threats to the Extraordinary Form
Diary
Columns
Bigger is better – why large families are best, by Constance Watson
Quite Extraordinary – On keeping the Latin Mass, by Joseph Shaw
Soul-searching – complex formulae cannot capture the simplicity of the soul, by Jaspreet Singh Boparai
Personal history – Two lives linked by one autumn day 80 years ago, by Serenhedd James
Features
God knows, we doubt – why doubt matters, Br Mark Dohle
Full Marx for the Dominican – remembering radical theologian Herbert McCabe, by Melanie McDonagh
Finding peace – how an archaeologist found solace in St Fillan – the patron saint of mental health, by William Cash
Communion for pro-choice politicians – the case against, by Fr Gerald Murray
Philip Jebb – the Establishment’s Catholic architect, by William Cash
Decline and Fall – As The Universe goes under, we ask why, Stephen Bates
Arts & Books
Catholics During the English Revolution, 1642-1660: Politics, Sequestration and Loyalty by Eilish Gregory, reviewed by John Adamson
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd, reviewed by Emilie Morrison
Mary Magdalene: Women, the Church, and the Great Deception by Adriana Valerio, translated by Wendy Wheatley, reviewed by Sylvana Tomaselli
B (After Dante) by Ned Denny, reviewed by Jonathan Gaisman
Hogarth: Life in Progress by Jacqueline Riding, reviewed by Fram Dinshaw
Eric Gill: a moral problem – on the centenary of his artist’s guild, do we need to reappraise his genius? By David V Barrett
A conflicted man – GK Chesterton’s brush with sainthood, by Richard Ingrams
Write-on history – historical fiction softened anti-Catholic prejudice before 1829, by Rosemary Hill
Film – Rebel Hearts reviewed, by Annabel Byrne
Life & Soul
August Diary – Alexander Waugh
The Garden – reflecting on the year’s wins and losses, by Charlie Hart
The Pointed Arch – Preston: a rare Catholic cityscape, by Michael Hodges
Tessa’s Feasts – Pancettaed grouse for the Glorious 12th, by Tessa Balfour
Pilgrimage & Travel
A pilgrim’s confession – against the secular pilgrim, by James Jeffrey
On Pilgrimage with Emma Bridgewater
