Interview - John Cornwell weighs the worth of confession
Matthew Reisz meets a Catholic author who believes confession has value, but not for children
Matthew Reisz meets a Catholic author who believes confession has value, but not for children
John Cornwell wonders whether a major new Catholic council could help address the challenges the Church faces today
Papal infallibility became dogma only when Pius IX sought a means to shore up his authority as the Church’s power waned, writes John Cornwell
This charts with scholarship and originality the final renunciation of a synergy between church and state and a shift to the sovereignty of conscience, John Cornwell writes
Scholars and senior sector figures reveal the books they’ll be reading over the summer break – for work or pleasure or both