SPIRITED THINKING SINCE 1888
Karl Gustel Wärnberg
February 2022
Baddesley Clinton
January 27, 2022
New murals enhance the beauty of the Church of St Francis of Assisi in this Catholic enclave in Warwickshire
On His Majesty’s imperial service
January 27, 2022
Jeremy Black reviews Cornwallis, Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World by Richard Middleton
Crisis of disunity threatens German Church
January 27, 2022
In his fascinating interview with Karl Gustel Wärnberg in this issue, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, former Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has identified important fault lines within the Church in Germany. In particular, he has expressed his concern about the direction of what is called the Synodal Way. His concerns are
Pope’s gift for publicity has its dangers
January 27, 2022
Pope Francis has done it again. He has got himself into the news – on social media – by turning up at a record shop in Rome to spend 10 minutes browsing among the LPs like a normal citizen. As teenagers are keenly aware, vinyl is very much of the moment, so the Pope is
On pilgrimage with Tom Holland
January 27, 2022
Where would you go?  I’ve done the Camino to Santiago and I’ve always wanted to go to Rome (the Via Francigena). I’d been vaguely thinking next year would be good because it’s the 900th anniversary of the Priory of the Hospital of Saint Bartholomew, which is said to have been founded by Rahere, reputedly the
Diary: Finding the right church in the Big Apple
January 27, 2022
I had never lived in New York City before I moved to Manhattan in 2018. It was daunting to come as a fully formed adult with a 14-year-old child in tow. We came for one reason: my French son had won a scholarship to a prestigious, old-world boys’ school founded by a Rockefeller in 1888. 
Wisdom of the elders
January 27, 2022
In Stories of a Generation, Pope Francis and others share moving tales of struggle and courage.
When right becomes duty
January 27, 2022
Simon Caldwell is horrified by how far ‘assisted dying’ has shifted from putting the terminally ill first
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