8+ mon, 6+ day ago   (306+ words) Bloomsbury, pp. 256, £20 Headline, pp. 320, £25 New Modern, pp. 400, £25 What did David Bowie mean by ‘No confessions/ No religion’ in his lyrics to ‘Modern Love’? Peter Ormerod proposes what at first seems an unlikely theory – that Bowie was talking about Gnosticism, the…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (848+ words) Pope Leo XIV had a relatively quiet first 11 months on the Chair of St. Peter. Then Mt. Trump erupted in April, with the voluble and volatile POTUS accusing the Chicago-born pontiff of everything from squishiness on crime to squishiness on…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (597+ words) Pope Leo XIV has just passed the first great test of his pontificate. He has published a thoughtful encyclical on a controversial topic that (a) does not contain whole sections obviously farmed out to progressive lobbyists; (b) is not stuffed with semi-literate…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago   (258+ words) Rev. Nigel Biggar, CBE, is Lord Biggar of Castle Douglas, Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University...the Culture Wars’ (Polity). Lord Biggar of Castle Douglas is the Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral Theology...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (189+ words) Granted, I was not the most obvious person to appreciate the installation of Sarah Mullaly in Canterbury, even though I think her a splendid Christian pastor and indeed, an exemplary Christian. Her kind, homely face radiates charity and good will;…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (285+ words) On the afternoon of Easter Sunday last year, Pope Francis was driven through St. Peter’s Square in an open-topped Popemobile. A few weeks earlier he had nearly died from pneumonia, so pilgrims were thrilled to watch him blessing babies. They…...