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FEATURE: ‘The Last Priests and Nuns in Ireland’ – a missed opportunity to move beyond the same old tropes

January 25, 2024

I get a knot of anxiety in my stomach when I hear news of another documentary about religion or, rather, about Catholicism in Ireland. It isn’t because I am squeamish and don’t want to face up to the scandals the Church has faced and been part of in Ireland, or because I can’t deal with

Catholics cannot abandon the public square

September 07, 2017

One columnist said Rees-Mogg's Catholicism has 'no place in public life'

Bishop Davies praises ‘integrity’ of Jacob Rees-Mogg amid media backlash

September 07, 2017

He also said the media backlash showed the 'extremes' to which commentators are moving

Why older women are having more abortions: it’s just another form of contraception

May 20, 2016

The latest statistics show the faulty logic of the pro-abortion argument

Why the Church has some good news for Guardian readers

May 18, 2016

Natural Fertility Awareness eschews subsidising 'Big Pharma' and encourages the consumption of organic vegetables

Joseph Fiennes says he ‘blubbered like a baby’ when he met Pope Francis

February 11, 2016

The actor attended the Pope's general audience with his wife and two daughters

Conflating Christianity and Islam is an absurd response to terrorist atrocities

January 11, 2016

L'Osservatore Romano is right to protest when Charlie Hebdo blames God for the carnage of last year

Devolving abortion law to Scotland is an ‘opportunity’, says pro-life charity

November 10, 2015

LIFE has welcomed the devolution of abortion law

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