COLUMNS
Maggie Fergusson
‘I always reckoned Hilary had exceptional qualities … She was a thrilling writer’ / 5
Melanie McDonagh’s Notebook
‘A woman who has done more to change perceptions of Tudor history than most historians’ / 11
REGULARS
Word from the Cloisters 15 Puzzles 15 Letters 16 The Living Spirit 17
CONTENTS
1 OCTOBER 2022 // VOL 276 NO. 9471
FEATURES
4 / The paradoxes of Bernadette
The humble saint whose relics are touring Britain was once at the centre of a religious and political storm that shook France / BY PATRICK MARNHAM
6 / ‘Jesus governs Brazil’
An unlikely alliance of evangelical Protestants and ultra-conservative Catholics could hold the key to tomorrow’s presidential poll/ BY FRANCIS MCDONAGH
9 / Because of … and in spite of …
A survey of female voices from across the Catholic world reveals both a deep love for the Church and a deep yearning for change/ BY TINA BEATTIE
10 / Lament for a land lost in delusions of grandeur
The late Queen was loved and respected but her long reign fostered illusions that have had catastrophic consequences / BY NICHOLAS BOYLE
12 / Serene and humble everyman
Cardinal Zen faces his Hong Kong prosecutors with the same mildness and calm with which he has always conducted his ministry /BY MICHAEL SHERIDAN
NEWS
24 / The Church in the World / News briefing 25 / Flemish bishops back gay couple blessings
27 / View from Rome
28 / News from Britain and Ireland / News briefing
29 / Carfin Grotto named national Marian shrine of Scotland
COVER PHOTO: WOMEN OF PARADISE BY FARWA MOLEDINA, IKON GALLERY
BOOKS / PAGE 18
Patrick Hudson
On Every Tide:
The Making and
Remaking of the
Irish World
SEAN CONNOLLY
Lucy Popescu
Speed reading on
love and loss
Ian Thomson
Written in Water:
Keats’s Final
Journey
ALESSANDRO
GALLENZI
Sarah Hayes
Shrines of Gaiety
KATE ATKINSON
ARTS / PAGE 21
Exhibition
Women of
Paradise
LAURA GASCOIGNE
Theatre
The Snail House
MARK LAWSON
Cinema
Mrs Harris goes
to Paris
ISABELLE GREY
Television
Make Me Prime
Minister
LUCY LETHBRIDGE
