Pope Francis
Letters
Let’s subsidise weddings Sir: Fraser Nelson (‘Marrying money’, 15 November) points out that marriages tend to last longer than cohabitations and…
The Catholic civil war
Uncertainty over how much reform Pope Francis wants is splitting his church into factions
Portrait of the Week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, writing of the Islamic State in northern Iraq, said: ‘If we do not act…
The Pope’s war
Francis really is determined to reform his church: but his targets are not the ones that liberals might expect
‘Ashtray Annie’
This year marks the centenary of a pianist whom London orchestral players nicknamed ‘Ashtray Annie’. Only at the keyboard did…
Power of ritual
This week, I have been mostly listening to Parsifal. Not the St Matthew Passion, which is my usual Passiontide fare.…
Long life
There was something poignant about the decision of L’Wren Scott, Mick Jagger’s American girlfriend, who committed suicide in New York…
Letters
Papal blessing Sir: In his excellent article on Pope Francis (‘Pope idol’, 11 January), Luke Coppen mentions the satirical rumour…
Long life
It’s filthy wet weather in Tuscany, so I’m lying on my bed in the afternoon reading through the Italian newspapers.…
No saint
G.K. Chesterton was a great journalist, not an angel
Long life
The people of Rome have always liked to believe the worst of their bishop. When I was a correspondent in…
Here comes the God squad
Evangelicals have taken charge in the Vatican and Lambeth Palace
