Only a small selection of stories from the print edition of The Catholic Herald is published online for free. You can read it all online by subscribing here (for £40 a year). Or, for a hard copy, go here (£75 for a year’s worth). This week, Stuart Reid meets Fr Stephen Langridge, the priest who doubled his congregation and is inspiring new vocations; Joseph Pearce says JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit contains a profoundly Catholic message; Melanie McDonagh argues that the C of E's umbilical tie to the state looks more like a noose; and Fr Tim Finigan explains what the Church asks Catholics to believe, and what beliefs are, in fact, optional. Meanwhile, in our free 20-page supplement, writers in Bethlehem, Turkey and Lebanon guide you through Advent.