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February 2022

Could this be the end of Roe v Wade in the US?

January 27, 2022

Pro-life groups are confident the Supreme Court will pass a stricter abortion law this year. By Maria McFadden Maffucci

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

Loss and gain

January 27, 2022

St Benet’s Hall is saved for now – the idea of Oxford without it is horrible to contemplate

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

‘At Worth, there is a strong invitation to faith’

January 27, 2022

Under Stuart McPherson’s direction, Worth School is going from strength to strength

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

Let there be light!

January 27, 2022

Drear January is finally behind us and, though it might be chilly, the days are getting longer and all nature is shivering with anticipation for lustful March

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.