Contents December 2022

Regulars

• Leaders
• Holy Land Diary Mgr John Armitage
• December Feast Days
• Letters
• Chesterton
• Christmas Reading
• Meditations
• Crossword
• On Pilgrimage withJulian Fellowes

Comment

• UK & Ireland
• Vatican
• US & Canada
• World

Columns

• Serenhedd James New lamps for old

Ken Craycraft

• Space, time and incarnation
• Olenka Hamilton Watching for inspiration
• Niall Gooch A tale of two Christmases
• Gavin Ashenden Why Shakespeare must have been a Catholic
• Robert Verrill Considering the Immaculate Conception
• Diane Montagna The Synod on Synodality continues to vex

Features

Antonia Fraser at 90

• The grand dame des belles-lettres speaks to Serenhedd James
• Sanctifying the World George Weigel’s new take on Vatican II Gertrude Clarke
• Far too great On the moral cost of the Sino-Vatican Deal Benedict Rogers
• The Emerald Isle Roy Foster admires Mary Kenny’s essays on Ireland
• The Virgin Birth Our Lady’s virginity is no later embellishment John Barton
• An uneasy relationship Church and state have always clashed Piers Paul Read
• Treats for Christmas The Vatican’s best Alicia Godfrey

40 Chesterton’s Christmas

In search of festive cheer with GK Chesterton and Ebenezer Scrooge Daniel Frampton

Charities special report

• Suffering for their faith Rising extremism and nationalism are to blame for increased Christian persecution John Pontifex
• Keeping up with the Companions Putting in a shift at an Order of Malta breakfast kitchen Ferdie Rous
• Helping homeless youth Hugh Kerr highlights the work of Depaul UK