THE INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC WEEKLY

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A man for all seasons Joanna Moorhead on the Austrian Catholic who defied Hitler – and the Church

Michael Sheridan sees a bleak future for China’s Catholics • Bernadette Kehoe follows in Newman’s footsteps Anne McHardy sketches the new Northern Ireland • Jimmy Burns explores Boris Johnson’s debt to Churchill Christopher Jamison reviews Rowan Williams • Melanie McDonagh dismisses a pale shadow of Charles Dickens

2020 IN BOOKS AND ARTS: MAGGIE FERGUSSON • LAURA GASCOIGNE • MARK LAWSON • LUCY LETHBRIDGE