Don’t you find that good Catholics embarrass you? The BBC documentary Bronx to Bradford: Friars on a Mission (available on iPlayer) left me feeling morally inadequate. The show follows the lives of the Franciscan Brothers of Bradford, a town that tells the story of Catholicism in modern Europe – a tale of decline and, one hopes, resurrection. In the 19th century, Bradford was colonised by Irish labourers who put everything they had towards building a local church. The 1960s, however, brought immigration, white flight and a collapse in Christian belief. St Patrick’s Church fell into disuse.