'The intelligentsia ignored the irruption of religious fanaticism into domestic British politics. In the face of these foes of civilisation, silence is the worst form of cowardice'

'We all — all classes, races and genders of every sexual persuasion — have a stake in restoring the authority of marriage, because our civilisation depends on it'

Book review of The War on Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe by R. I. Moore

Book review of The Elizabethans by A.N. Wilson

After the Reformation, Catholic nuns fled across the Channel, only to return centuries later. Now, the last of the exiled orders is closing

English convent life has slipped out of sight. But women in holy orders still have a crucial role in an increasingly secular society

The three million young pilgrims attending World Youth Day this year are just one part of a radical Catholic movement begun by John Paul II and developed by Pope Benedict

Book review of G.K. Chesterton: A Biography by Ian Ker

Book reviews of Love: A Secret History by Simon May and All About Love by Lisa Appignanesi

Pope Benedict XVI champions Evangelical Catholicism, a dynamic concept of faith in the line of Leo XIII and John Paul II, which challenges the West's current understanding of the relationship between church and state