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Who next, now that Newman has been raised to our altars? It can surely only be G K Chesterton
He was nothing like our traditional idea of what a saint is like: but his time has come
We are spiritual beings, not superior animals
The Pope’s visit has reminded us that the two per cent difference in DNA between Orang-utans and humans is vast, unbridgeable and infinite
Jack Valero is absolutely right when he says that the English media are not anti-Catholic
Let’s not forget that Rupert Murdoch is a papal knight
The papal visit was a PR success: but no thanks to some anti-papal English Catholics
Are we now to expect a quiet undermining of what the Pope achieved?
Mr Cameron, if you really mean what you say, you must allow our adoption agencies to re-open
Otherwise you will prove just how empty your words are
Debate: Are we experiencing a ‘Benedict bounce’?
And, if so, how long will it last?
The writer whose conversion was inspired by Renaissance art
Behind all the euphoria, another piece of good news: author Leo McKinstry announces his conversion after a spiritual awakening in Venice
Benedict XVI exposed the heart of the Catholic faith
We owe him our deepest gratitude. His visit was as great a success as that of John Paul II in 1982








Proportion of Christians in England has stayed the same for 10 years
We remain, by a large majority, a Christian culture