Features this week
In a year Pope Benedict XVI has reshaped the liturgical landscape
The Pontiff liberated the traditional Mass a year ago next week with the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum. Noted liturgical blogger Shawn Tribe describes how the Motu Proprio has already begun to transform the Church

Pope Benedict XVI's ornate vestments, above, reflect his desire to underline the continuity of the Roman Rite

The shy professor bringing Benedict to the masses
Anna Arco meets the author of an acclaimed study of the Pope

Aquinas at our shoulder
Quentin de la Bédoyère on the power of natural law

Discovering the riches of the extraordinary form
Fr Andrew Wadsworth, chaplain of Harrow School, on introducing the old Mass to schools and parishes

Older features

Paul: a lover of Jesus Christ
At the beginning of the year dedicated to St Paul Peter Mullen celebrates the tender and irascible apostle

'I have been an Edmund in my time'
The stepson of C S Lewis tells Anna Arco why he identifies with the Narnia character who struggles to find redemption

All Catholics are superheroes in the making
In the hit television series Heroes ordinary people develop amazing special powers. Stratford Caldecott says the idea will be familiar to Catholics

'Regensburg caused the Pope great suffering'
Anna Arco meets the Roman princess who rediscovered her faith through her friendship with Pope Benedict XVI

Prepare to enter the age of the Neocats
The ecclesial movement will play a decisive role in the future of the Catholic Church, says Fr Ian Ker

A revolution under the sign of the cross
Pope John Paul's visit to Poland 25 years ago this month triggered the first true workers' revolution in history, says Jonathan Luxmoore

'Know Jesus? We don't know ourselves'
Ed West meets Fr Gerald O'Collins - the theologian who has taught a whole generation of bishops

'The Church itself must be Gypsy'
Chuck Todaro reports on efforts to stop a wave of Gypsies from turning to new Protestant religions

Pride of Catholic Britain
Joanna Bogle salutes the four people who are the 2008 Catholic women of the year

'Maybe we can be an antidote to depression'
Anna Arco meets one of Austria's chart-topping Cistercian monks

Are joint faith schools the future?
The number of Anglican-Catholic schools has risen sharply since 2005. Mark Greaves finds out why

Aliens need Christ's redemption, too
American science fiction writer John C Wright, a recent convert to Catholicism, considers how the Church should react to the discovery of alien life forms

'We don't present very good arguments'
The distinguished Catholic professor of philosophy tells Luke Coppen why he believes the British Church is losing ground against secularism

How to save your church from closure
As we join the Sunday Telegraph's Save Our Churches campaign Ed West and Mark Greaves report on how parishioners can keep their churches open

Becoming a Catholic without illusions
The historian Christopher Lee is familiar with Catholicism's patchy historical record. So why was he received into the Church earlier this month?

'I'm certainly not a Little Miss Perfect'
Cherie Blair talks to Peter Stanford about her autobiography, her husband's conversion and meeting Benedict XVI

Tears at the end of a beautiful journey
In the last of three extracts from her new book Alessandra Borghese visits Regensburg, where she meets Pope Benedict and his talented brother

The fanatics gunning for India's Christians
Johnson Padiyara says that the persecution of Christians is not limited to the Muslim world

Leading the flock in Islam's home
For the first time in 13 centuries Christianity is openly practised in Arabia. Richard Rawlinson speaks to the local bishop

The heart of Joseph Ratzinger's Bavaria
In the second of three extracts from her new book Alessandra Borghese visits a shrine which shaped the piety of Joseph Ratzinger

Girls bring a 'second spring' to Downside
Downside's strength at rugby could not mask its falling pupil rolls and poor exam results. But, as Will Heaven finds, the school has seen a transformation

Benedict's difficult days in Munich
In the first of three extracts from her new book Alessandra Borghese visits the city where Joseph Ratzinger served as archbishop

'Even the local Communists approve of us'
Ed West meets American monks in Italy whose popularity crosses political divides

'Fame won't make us neglect our parishes'
Anna Arco meets the singing priests who have just signed a deal with Sony

Nostalgia for nihilism
Peter Mullen on the protests of May 1968

'I'm more use outside the Church'
An interview with John Studzinski, one of the City's most successful bankers

Features Archive

Interview Archive
A selection of past interviews are available here. They are presented in reverse date order.

Cardinal Lubomyr Husar
31 January 2008

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Quebec
26 January 2008

Cardinal Roger Etchegaray
12 September 2007

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