Culture

More to St Paul’s than religion

in the shadow of st paul’s cathedral: the churchyard that shaped london by margaret willes yale university press, pp. 320, £25 the romanists...

A work whose wings are clipped by prejudice

birds and us: a 12,000 year history, from cave art to conservation by tim birkhead viking 2022, £25, 441 pages our relationship with birds h...

Leader of Polish Catholic Church warns German counterpart over errors of the Synodal way

the president of poland’s catholic bishops’ conference has expressed “fraternal concern” about the direction of the “synodal way” in a stron...

Catholic doctor to challenge abortion reversal ban in High Court

a catholic doctor is preparing to challenge an order at the high court in london which blocks him from offering life-saving treatment for un...

On the Church and Sexuality

the german church has convened a synod which will reach its conclusion in 2023. the synodal path –  as it is sometimes called – has had...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

Can a secular school have a ‘religious-type’ ethos?

katherine birbalsingh, also known as “britain’s strictest headteacher”, is not shy of media attention. on the very day that i talk to her th...

Faith amidst the ruins

deep in the iraqi desert, near the highway leading to the saudi arabian border, lie the ruins of al-qusair church, the oldest church in iraq...

Legal Notebook

in december, an ex-police officer called harry miller won a legal challenge against a national policy permitting forces to record gender-cri...

Sir Stephen Stewart

The steep and rugged pathway

february promises longer days and the first glimmers of spring, but its arrival also heralds the approach of lent on 2 march. ash wednesday ...

Can today’s novels do God?

it is little surprise that many agnostic novelists are drawn to religion as a theme: it is dramatic, colourful, and it heightens moral dilem...