Warm welcome
We plan to make the Pope’s visit a most uncomfortable experience, says Keith Porteous Wood
Faith & Religion
Film review: Lourdes
Behind its restrained seriousness, this dramatisation of a disabled woman's pilgrimage has a vicious sense of humour, says Fred Rowson
Book Review: Secret Affairs by Mark Curtis
Did the British government collude with terrorists? Richard Wilson finds out
Fun-loving Muslims
Islamic dating sites reveal Muslims to be just as shallow as everyone else, says Theodore Dalrymple
Material errors
In arguing that quantum physics challenges the materialist view of the world, Jay Lakhani gets his science wrong, says Mano Singham
Book Review: Is God Still an Englishman? by Cole Moreton
Francis Beckett finds out whether the English have lost their soul
Work ethics
When religious beliefs conflict with professional duties how do we decide what's fair? We asked Richard Rowson, the man who wrote the rules
Editorial: Catholic crisis
It is time the for the Catholic Church to be held to account
Q&A: Daniel Dennett and Linda LaScola
A powerful new piece of research by philosopher Daniel Dennett and qualitative researcher Linda LaScola features interviews with five Christian ministers who have lost their faith but continue to preach.…
The Catholic Church acts as a law unto itself
Child abuse is far from the only crime the Vatican has to admit. Just look at its record in Africa, says Richard Wilson