The Catholic Herald's extraordinary archives include many convert stories, which we will feature from time to time. Interviewed in 1998, when he was edited The Daily Telegraph, the Tory journalist Charles Moore describes entering the Church when one's family doesn't like it, his support for Vatican II, and his thoughts on England and Catholicism.
The full interview can be read here. It appeared in the 23 January 1998 issue.
When we meet, Charles Moore fast makes plain he was converted to the universal claims of the Catholic Church: "I quite like English Catholicism, but that's not what I'm particularly interested in. I'm interested in what the word Catholic means: universal. Essentially when you go to Mass you really feel you are equal before God. The impression one gets is that it is for everybody, quite regardless absolutely regardless of their background, sex, class, age and race."
