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PHOTO: ALAMY, MARTIN BRAYLEY The recent funeral of Queen Elizabeth II showcased the anachronistic pomp of Britain 10 COLUMNS Maggie Fergusson ‘I always reckoned Hilary had exceptional qualities … She was a thrilling writer’ / 5 Melanie McDonagh’s Notebook ‘A woman who has done more to change perceptions of Tudor history than most historians’ / 11 REGULARS Word from the Cloisters 15 Puzzles 15 Letters 16 The Living Spirit 17 CONTENTS 1 OCTOBER 2022 // VOL 276 NO. 9471 FEATURES 4 / The paradoxes of Bernadette The humble saint whose relics are touring Britain was once at the centre of a religious and political storm that shook France / BY PATRICK MARNHAM 6 / ‘Jesus governs Brazil’ An unlikely alliance of evangelical Protestants and ultra-conservative Catholics could hold the key to tomorrow’s presidential poll/ BY FRANCIS MCDONAGH 9 / Because of … and in spite of … A survey of female voices from across the Catholic world reveals both a deep love for the Church and a deep yearning for change/ BY TINA BEATTIE 10 / Lament for a land lost in delusions of grandeur The late Queen was loved and respected but her long reign fostered illusions that have had catastrophic consequences / BY NICHOLAS BOYLE 12 / Serene and humble everyman Cardinal Zen faces his Hong Kong prosecutors with the same mildness and calm with which he has always conducted his ministry / BY MICHAEL SHERIDAN NEWS 24 / The Church in the World / News briefing 25 / Flemish bishops back gay couple blessings 27 / View from Rome 28 / News from Britain and Ireland / News briefing 29 / Carfin Grotto named national Marian shrine of Scotland COVER PHOTO: WOMEN OF PARADISE BY FARWA MOLEDINA, IKON GALLERY BOOKS / PAGE 18 Patrick Hudson On Every Tide: The Making and Remaking of the Irish World SEAN CONNOLLY Lucy Popescu Speed reading on love and loss Ian Thomson Written in Water: Keats’s Final Journey ALESSANDRO GALLENZI Sarah Hayes Shrines of Gaiety KATE ATKINSON ARTS / PAGE 21 Exhibition Women of Paradise LAURA GASCOIGNE Theatre The Snail House MARK LAWSON Cinema Mrs Harris goes to Paris ISABELLE GREY Television Make Me Prime Minister LUCY LETHBRIDGE 1 OCTOBER 2022 | THE TABLET | 3

PHOTO: ALAMY, MARTIN BRAYLEY

The recent funeral of Queen Elizabeth II showcased the anachronistic pomp of Britain 10

COLUMNS

Maggie Fergusson ‘I always reckoned Hilary had exceptional qualities … She was a thrilling writer’ / 5

Melanie McDonagh’s Notebook ‘A woman who has done more to change perceptions of Tudor history than most historians’ / 11

REGULARS

Word from the Cloisters 15 Puzzles 15 Letters 16 The Living Spirit 17

CONTENTS 1 OCTOBER 2022 // VOL 276 NO. 9471

FEATURES

4 / The paradoxes of Bernadette The humble saint whose relics are touring Britain was once at the centre of a religious and political storm that shook France / BY PATRICK MARNHAM

6 / ‘Jesus governs Brazil’ An unlikely alliance of evangelical Protestants and ultra-conservative Catholics could hold the key to tomorrow’s presidential poll/ BY FRANCIS MCDONAGH

9 / Because of … and in spite of … A survey of female voices from across the Catholic world reveals both a deep love for the Church and a deep yearning for change/ BY TINA BEATTIE

10 / Lament for a land lost in delusions of grandeur The late Queen was loved and respected but her long reign fostered illusions that have had catastrophic consequences / BY NICHOLAS BOYLE

12 / Serene and humble everyman Cardinal Zen faces his Hong Kong prosecutors with the same mildness and calm with which he has always conducted his ministry / BY MICHAEL SHERIDAN

NEWS

24 / The Church in the World / News briefing 25 / Flemish bishops back gay couple blessings

27 / View from Rome 28 / News from Britain and Ireland / News briefing 29 / Carfin Grotto named national Marian shrine of Scotland

COVER PHOTO: WOMEN OF PARADISE BY FARWA MOLEDINA, IKON GALLERY

BOOKS / PAGE 18

Patrick Hudson On Every Tide: The Making and Remaking of the Irish World SEAN CONNOLLY Lucy Popescu Speed reading on love and loss Ian Thomson Written in Water: Keats’s Final Journey ALESSANDRO GALLENZI Sarah Hayes Shrines of Gaiety KATE ATKINSON

ARTS / PAGE 21 Exhibition Women of Paradise LAURA GASCOIGNE Theatre The Snail House MARK LAWSON Cinema Mrs Harris goes to Paris ISABELLE GREY Television Make Me Prime Minister LUCY LETHBRIDGE

1 OCTOBER 2022 | THE TABLET | 3

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