‘George W Bush is a very smart guy’: An interview with Fr Richard Neuhaus
In this archive interview from November 11, 2005, Damian Thompson speaks to Fr Neuhaus about his friendship with the president, the Iraq War, and a brush with death
The pope we lost: why we must not forget John Paul I
The smiling pope was patently holy and clever – but, if his pontificate had lasted, would he have faced the same problems as Pope Francis?
Well done to Bishop Vasa for banning ‘Communion Services’
Lay-led services invite a parody of the Mass. Bishops must exercise discipline where necessary
Archbishop Lefebvre’s surprising legacy
The SSPX founder changed the Church, but in ways he could never have imagined
Caught in the culture wars
America’s most famous Jesuit has a great gift for spiritual writing. But his polemics have helped to widen the Church’s divisions
