SPIRITED THINKING SINCE 1888
Leticia Ochoa Adams
Christopher Altieri
Graham Greene
Scorsese’s Silence has an unexpected relevance to the Communion debate
January 04, 2017
The film handles questions of sin, doctrine and mercy which are at the heart of today's controversies
The sinister crime in Mexico that the Pope cannot avoid
February 12, 2016
Pope Francis surely cannot fail to mention the 43 students who are still missing
Books blog: The art of the Catholic book reviewer
October 19, 2015
Catholic critic Edward Short's Adventures in the Books Pages features perceptive comment on the likes of Graham Greene, Leonardo da Vinci and GK Chesterton
England is getting less Irish by the day
June 04, 2015
The Irish Catholicism that used to define so many English cities now seems as remote as Newman and Manning
Should we care that Hilary Mantel is anti-Catholic?
February 11, 2014
Fashions have changed meaning literature and the Church are no longer comfortable bedfellows
Religious persecution has existed through the ages. We must continue to fight it, and take it as a compliment
May 22, 2013
As the sacrifice of the Mexican martyrs shows, anti-Catholicism will always rebound on itself
How do Christians offer an alternative to the ‘nonsense all around us’?
January 14, 2013
The growing acceptance of euthanasia represents the triumph of atheism over European society
An eye-opening look at corruption in Africa
October 05, 2012
How NGOs are as complicit as the Kleptocrats
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