Can Bad Catholic Music be stopped?
When Benedict XVI was in his prime choirmasters quietly reintroduced chant and polyphony to Catholic parishes. But it may have been too little too late
Can a great composer revive a tone-deaf Church?
His Fourth is perhaps the first great symphony since the death of Shostakovich
Cilla Black deserved a different kind of Requiem Mass
Cilla’s funeral was always going to have a showbizzy flavour. But it needn’t have watered down Catholic tradition
The rise and fall of the Catholic blogosphere
During the reign of Benedict XVI, blogging became a mighty instrument in the hands of conservative Catholics. But the medium soon revealed a darker side
The great British survivor
In this Lenten season of forgiveness, Lord Tebbit reflects on the bomb that nearly killed him, bankers’ bonuses, bad sermons and the afterlife
No, the Jesuits didn’t start World War I
We laugh at ludicrous anti-Catholic conspiracies. But we underestimate how many minds they poison, thanks to the latest developments in digital technology
Losing the Latino faithful
Hispanics are switching in their millions from Catholicism to Protestantism
Catholic websites have become utterly indispensable in the age of Francis
The family synod showed that the Church is still struggling to come to terms with the digital era
The Catholic Church’s best-kept secret
An experience at a hospital has made me realise just how extraordinary the Society of St Vincent de Paul really is
Pope Benedict knows that this is the age of addiction
Damian Thompson says that new technology is making temptation harder than ever to resist
