Holy Smoke

157 Episodes

1. A Habsburg Archduke explains how not to be nasty on Twitter

   Published: 19/07/2024
2. Walsingham and the musical grief of the Reformation

   Published: 1/07/2024
3. Calm fire: the consolation of listening to Bruckner

   Published: 23/05/2024
4. The problem with cringe-making funerals

   Published: 24/04/2024
5. How the Church of England patronises African Christians

   Published: 15/03/2024
6. How much did Pope Francis know about Fr Marko Rupnik?

   Published: 26/02/2024
7. How liberal bishops are squeezing the life out of the Church of England

   Published: 9/02/2024
8. Does Trump have evangelical Christians to thank for his second coming?

   Published: 26/01/2024
9. Gay blessings and theological porn: why leading cardinals are distancing themselves from Pope Francis

   Published: 15/01/2024
10. Raymond Arroyo on the joys of a Sinatra-style Christmas

    Published: 22/12/2023
11. The strange appeal of Integralism

    Published: 15/12/2023
12. How light filled the first Roman Churches: a conversation with Dr Elizabeth Lev

    Published: 13/11/2023
13. The Pope, gay blessings and the Rupnik scandal

    Published: 5/10/2023
14. Genghis Khan and the Pope's summer of madness

    Published: 7/09/2023
15. The future of churchgoing in the West: why Protestants should worry and Catholics should panic

    Published: 18/08/2023
16. Is 2023 Pope Francis's 'Year Zero'?

    Published: 25/07/2023
17. Escaping the atheist hell of North Korea

    Published: 7/07/2023
18. Inside the world's most vicious liturgy wars

    Published: 23/06/2023
19. Succession: five nightmares for the next pope

    Published: 30/05/2023
20. The Vatican and the Mafia – why Italy can't seem to shake off organised crime

    Published: 26/05/2023