<strong>Leaders</strong>
<a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/a-lockdownless-christmas/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A lockdownless Christmas</a>
<a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/eu-ruling-over-abortion-harms-us-all/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">EU ruling over abortion harms us all</a>
<a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-fathers-christmas-presence/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Father’s Christmas presence</a><br><br><strong>Diary</strong> – <em><a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/diary-memories-of-christmas-down-the-years-and-across-the-seas/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Lady Antonia Fraser</a></em>
<strong>Features</strong>
<strong>Stop the horror</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/stop-the-horror-of-persecution/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Put an end to sexual violence against Christian women</a>, J<em>ohn Pontifex</em>
<strong>Elgar</strong>’<strong>s digital revelation</strong>–<a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/elgars-digital-revelation/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> how The Dream of Gerontius sheds new light on English Catholic culture</a>, <em>Joanna Bullivant</em>
<strong>The ordeal of</strong><strong>Cardinal Pell</strong> –<a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-ordeal-of-cardinal-pell/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> The Ashes and Evelyn Waugh sustained the Australian Cardinal in prison</a>, <em>William Cash</em>
<strong>A child is born to us</strong>– <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/celebrating-the-total-victory-of-life-even-as-we-struggle/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">How the Gospel articulates the pro-life message</a>, <em>Bishop Mark Davies</em>
<strong>Rome is where</strong><strong>the heart is</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/rome-is-where-the-heart-is/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Why Anglican bishops are turning to Catholicism</a>, <em>Jonathan Petre</em>
<strong>The realignment continues</strong><em> –<a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-realignment-continues/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> </a></em><a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-realignment-continues/">the exodus to Rome was prophesied decades ago</a>, <em>Simon Caldwell</em>
<strong>An Abbot</strong>’<strong>s Notebook</strong><strong> – </strong><a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/an-abbots-notebook/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">on the enduring appeal of the Norbertines</a>,<em>Abbot Hugh Allan</em>
<strong>Ambition and despair</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/ambition-and-despair-the-centenary-of-ts-eliots-the-waste-land/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the centenary of TS Eliot’s 'The Waste Land</a>', <em>Jayme Stayer, SJ</em>
<strong>Papal puddings</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/papal-puddings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">On the Vatican’s sweet tooth</a>, <em>Anthony Cazalet</em>
<strong>Death at Christmas</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/__trashed/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Covid-19 has made us more aware of our mortality – and that’s a good thing</a>, <em>Karl Gustel Wärnberg</em>
<strong>Seeking solitude</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/seeking-solitude/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Monastic life made Patrick Leigh Fermor</a>, <em>Artemis Cooper</em>
<strong>Mass drop-out</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-long-shadow-of-covid/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Covid’s long shadow</a>, <em>Stephen Bullivant</em>
<strong>Columns</strong>
<strong>Serenhedd James</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/christmas-presence/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Can we look forward to a better festive season?</a>
<strong>Ken Craycraft</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-joy-of-unexpected-things/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The joys of the unexpected at Christmas</a>
<strong>Constance Watson</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/saving-face/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Saving face</a> – escaping social media
<strong>Niall Gooch</strong>– <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/maintaining-the-christmas-spirit/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">How to stay chipper in the New Year</a>
<strong>Piers Paul Read</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-father-we-need/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Joseph is an essential part of the Nativity</a>
<strong>Lara Prendergast</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-first-nowell/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Taking toddlers to Mass</a>
<strong>Special Reports</strong>
<strong>Housing First</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/could-housing-first-end-homelessness/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Could a bold new initiative end rough sleeping?</a> <em>Olenka Hamilton</em><br><br><strong><a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/guide-to-country-house-chapels/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">GUIDE TO COUNTRY HOUSE CHAPELS </a>– </strong><em>John Martin Robinson and Michael Hodges</em>
<strong>Arts & Books</strong>
<strong>John Adamson</strong> reviews <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/monkish-business/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>The Dissolution of the</em><em>Monasteries</em>, by James Clark</a>
<strong>Theo Hobson</strong>reviews <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/liberalism-as-the-great-villain/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Whatever Happened to</em><em>Tradition?</em>by Tim Stanley</a>
<strong>David Scott</strong>reviews Devil-land, by Clare Jackson
<strong>Gerard Russell</strong>reviews <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/seeds-of-hope-in-a-barren-wasteland/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>The Vanishing</em>, by Janine di Giovanni</a>
<strong>Susannah Herbert</strong>reviews <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-flesh-made-word/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Collected Poems</em>, by Rowan Williams</a>
<strong>Helena Kelly</strong>reviews <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/rich-and-strange-whether-pastiche-or-homage/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Lily: A Tale of Revenge</em>, by Rose Tremain</a>
<strong><a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/christmas-books-for-children/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Christmas booksfor children</a> </strong>–<em>Sophia Waugh</em>
<strong>Music</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/pole-stars-hit-the-right-note/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pole stars hit the right note</a>, <em>Michael White</em>
<strong>Life & Soul</strong>
<strong>Diary</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/diary-following-francis-to-assisi/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Fr Alexander Sherbrooke</em></a>
<strong>Pointed Arch</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/an-ode-to-the-isle-of-wights-intriguing-catholic-churches/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Exploring the Isle of Wight’s churches</a>, <em>Michael Hodges</em>
<strong>The Garden</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/loveliest-of-trees-the-chestnut-now/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">On the beech tree that embodies prayer</a>, <em>Charlie Hart</em>
<strong>Tessa</strong>’<strong>s Feasts</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/tessas-feasts-our-festive-goose-is-well-and-truly-cooked/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tessa Balfour cooks up a festive goose</a>
<strong>Richard J Ounsworth</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-christmas-stories/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">On the Christmas Gospel readings</a>
<strong>Obituary:</strong><a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-genial-prince-who-could-stir-rome-up/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Fra</em>’ <em>Matthew Festing</em></a>
<strong>Travel & Pilgrimage</strong>
<strong>Rhodes to past glories</strong> – <a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/rhodes-to-past-glories/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A return to the island</a>, <em>William Cash</em>
<strong>On Pilgrimage with</strong><a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/on-pilgrimage-with-michael-nazir-ali/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Dr Michael Nazir-Ali</em></a>
