Religion
Pope Francis is losing his culture war
Since I wroteabout the Pope’s declaration of war on the Old Rite, something unexpected and beautiful has happened. Many bishops…
Leave, convert or perish: The fate of Afghanistan’s minorities
President Biden’s decision to ‘end the war in Afghanistan’ means the complete withdrawal of 3,500 US troops by the 20th…
Breaking faith
Is this the last chance to save the Church of England
The plot against religious education
Faith is not the declining force that some secularists believe or indeed desire it to be. Even here in the UK,…
The Church of England’s new religion
This article first appeared in the 20 March edition of The Spectator.The Church of England report that was leaked to Douglas…
Latter-day sinners
Are Mormons prepared to ignore their troubled history?
Believe it or not
The problems with ‘Spiritual but not Religious’
In good faith
We Mormons really aren’t that different
Diary
When I finally head back to church this weekend, after a year of Covid-avoidance, it is going to feel a…
The C of E’s new religion
With a heavy heart I must return once more to the subject of the Church of England. I recognise that…
A Christian vision
The Church of England is changing – for the better
Critical mass
Why I’m keeping my church open
Perfect presence
Finding hope in a year like no other
A romcom with very little com
In Black Narcissus, based on the novel by Rumer Godden, five nuns set off for a remote Himalayan palace in…
Discomfort and joy
The anxieties that long ago shadowed Christmas are back
The importance of giving offence
As dons at Cambridge vote on a new protocol on constraints to free speech, we mark this month the 500th…
Open season
Anything goes with Advent calendars
Sex and corpses
A great temple of the goddess Tara can be found at Tarapith in West Bengal. But her true abode, in…
The Catholic church’s cowardly betrayal
Of all the sad and surreal things to happen in the past few months, the Catholic church’s decision to abandon…
The woke war on religion
Though you wouldn’t know it from most American media outlets, the phenomenon of vandalizing and burning religious sites which is…
Beyond belief
It’s a mistake to turn Hagia Sophia back into a mosque
My fears for my church have been realised
The only memorable argument I have ever heard in that tedious debate about whether Shakespeare was a Catholic came from…
Aid and abet
How should the money we send abroad be spent?
Black Lives Matter is a state-backed religion
‘Protest’ often feels inadequate as a characterization for the public exhibitions that have erupted nationwide over the past several weeks.…
Worship anywhere – apart from in church
During these months of inertia, I confess to having on occasion made illicit trips to churches in the English countryside.…
