Pope
Could military service become morally untenable for Catholics?
During his lengthy interview with the New York Times, President Trump was asked if there was anything that could check his…
How Pope Francis kept the faith
As timing goes, a pope simply can’t do better than to die just after Easter Sunday. The moral of the…
The Francis effect
Pope Francis was a man of remarkable complexity who cultivated an image of utmost simplicity. He began the moment he…
World leaders pay tribute to Pope Francis
Pope Francis has died aged 88. At 7.35 a.m., the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had ‘returned to the house…
Francis and the Vatican reckoning
Modern popes, for better or for worse, tend to be defined in soundbites. John Paul II’s clarion call of ‘Be…
Pope Benedict helped me know and love Christ
It was Benedict XVI’s election as Pope, his speeches and his writings that prompted my conversion, and it was his…
The Pope is right: it is selfish to choose pets over children
Well, we’ve been terrifically amused and amusing at the expense of Pope Francis, who this week declared at a Vatican…
An audience with the Pope
Perception and reality, truth and falsehood, black and white; nowadays the salivating chattering classes don’t know their arse from a…
Cult classic
In Dan Brown’s new thriller, Origin, we are introduced to the Catholic church’s sinister far-right rival — a paranoid worldwide…
The devil in footnote 351
What the Pope didn’t just say about divorce
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, spent time in Brussels before a meeting of the European Council to see what…
The Pope’s moment
On Tuesday, Pope Francis set foot in the United States for the first time in his life. His plane touched…
Spectator’s Notes
Was there ever a more unilluminating political idea — for voters rather than practitioners — than triangulation? For those readers so…
Portrait of the week
Home Talha Asmal, aged 17, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, died in a suicide bomb attack on forces near an oil…
Portrait of the week
Home More than 1,100 imams and Islamic leaders received a letter from Eric Pickles, the Communities Secretary, and Lord Ahmad…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, resisted calls for Parliament to be recalled to debate the crisis in Iraq. Philip Hammond,…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, responded to the triumph of the UK Independence Party in the European elections (which…
The fantasy Francis
Trendy commentators have fallen in love with a pope of their own invention
Portrait of the week
Home Having recalled Parliament to debate British military action over Syria, David Cameron, the Prime Minister, found the government defeated,…
Letters
IQ and social mobility Sir: It seems not to have occurred to our leaders that ability is not evenly distributed…
