Damian Thompson

No one in the American church has benefited more from Pope Francis’s vengefulness than Cardinal Robert McElroy

Mantra was written at the height of the composer’s trendiness, but it hasn’t dated

In Rome only one man is spoken of as an obvious front-runner to succeed Francis

What keeps me away from the drink: the biological penalty

Maestro’s star and director has pulled off a piece of cinematic chutzpah