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Erik Varden makes sense of the Ascension Clouds of glory

Kevin Rafferty fears the ghosts that haunt Japan • Stephen Bullivant casts a critical eye over Vatican II

Peter Hennessy calls for a Brexit inquiry • Sara Maitland notices a neglected Gospel mystery Chris Patten unpicks the contradictions of Maoism • Joanna Moorhead meets the creators of a new Christian monument

PLUS GUY CONSOLMAGNO • BLANCHE GIROUARD • MARK LAWSON • LUCY LETHBRIDGE • MELANIE McDONAGH