Cover story… Two very unlikely bishops have issued the most permissive guidelines yet on Amoris Laetitia. No wonder many Catholics are up in arms, says Fr Mark Drew. More features… Dan Hitchens on how Stalin accidentally created a global centre of orthodox Catholicism. Stuart Reid tries to blend in on the Women’s March. Available exclusively in the magazine and on the online app… Can parish closures actually renew the Church? Fr Raymond de Souza looks ahead to Donald Trump’s first meeting with Pope Francis Melanie McDonagh on when the Church and the Koran don’t mix Celia Chard asks if Christians should serve as spies Mary Kenny doubts the Women’s March will amount to much William Cash on the monastic wreck that almost ruined him Peter Mullen hails Jane Austen’s very English Christianity Jack Carrigan on the woman who forgave her sister’s murderers David Oldroyd-Bolt listens to piano’s forgotten genius Fr Ronald Rolheiser on why ‘sloth’ can be good for you To read the magazine in full, from anywhere in the world, go here.
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