Leaders
A joyous conversion
Catholic MP’s senseless killing must not be in vain
Investigate offences to prevent future scandals
Diary – Petronella Wyatt
Columns
Red Mass notebook – A Catholic judge hangs up his wig at the annual legal service at Westminster Cathedral – Sir Stephen Stewart
Travelling Together? – As the two-year Synod on Synodality gets under way, its vague objectives cast a shadow over a Church striving for universality , Ken Craycraft
Empty vessels make the loudest noise – The usual suspects trumpet their self-indulgence as US abortion laws change , Constance Watson
Oh, for a clearer walk with God – On the urgent need for better homilies , Niall Gooch
The wonder of Wilton House – A national treasure , Serenhedd James
Letter from Rome – My miraculous healing got Newman his sainthood , Melissa Villalobos
Features
Science v the Soul – Brian Cox says science rules out its existence. He’s wrong , Robert Verrill OP
In memoriam – Paying tribute to Sir David Amess MP , Sir Bill Cash MP
Works and worship – On churches and their secular uses , Sarah Ward Clavier and Emma J Wells
Jonathan Myles-Lea – Remembering the Charles Ryder of country house paintings , Geoff Heath-Taylor
Howling critics – The rise of conservative Catholic Dominic Perrottet has prompted an angry backlash from secular Australia , Cronan Yu
Homelessness Charities Report
Street-art salvation – How art can help the homeless off the street, Olenka Hamilton
Stars and bars – Peter Sheppard recalls the cold and wet origins of The Passage’s gala concert
Arts & Books
Benedict XVI:A Life Volume II, by Peter Seewald , reviewed by Piers Paul Read
Between F orm and Faith: Graham Greene and the Catholic Novel , by Martyn Sampson , reviewed by Jonathan Bate
Europe’s 100 Best Cathedrals by Simon Jenkins , reviewed by Robert Gray
Women in the War , by Lucy Fisher , reviewed by Mary Kenny
The Young HG Wells: Changing The World , by Claire Tomalin , reviewed by Sam Leith
Evensong: People, Discoveries and Reflections on the Church in England, by Richard Morris , reviewed by Matthew Lyons
The Dissolution of Hilary Mantel – The lack of religion in Mantel’s Tudor trilogy leaves her books hollow , James Clark
Unlikely Catholics – Discovering the secret army of Catholics in Hollywood , Violet Hudson
Michael White – Our music critic returns with a round-up of the autumn season
Life & Soul
November Diary – Paula Byrne
The Garden – Making the best of a bleak midwinter , Charlie Hart
Tessa’s Feasts – Two classic desserts for the patron saint of apples , Tessa Balfour
The coming King – We should consider our vanities before the liturgical year’s end , Fr Richard J Ounsworth OP
900 years of the Norbertines – Charting the history of the Order , Michael Hodges
Travel & Pilgrimage
The Pope’s Aegean paradise – Syros: A Catholic stronghold in Orthodox Greece , Bill Colegrave
On Pilgrimage with Rachel Johnson