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Dan Hitchens

A deal that will hurt the church?
November 10, 2016
Cardinal Joseph Zen is auspiciously named. The cardinal’s courteous demeanour and gentle eloquence give him an air of serenity – which makes his attacks on the Chinese government all the more devastating. Cardinal Zen, who is based in Hong Kong, has often warned the Vatican against any rapprochement with Beijing. He has criticised the Chinese
The battle over St John Paul’s legacy comes to Australia
November 03, 2016
Melbourne’s John Paul II Institute is being shut down unexpectedly - the ramifications extend far beyond Australia
The battle over St John Paul’s legacy
November 03, 2016
On the face of it, the closure of Melbourne’s John Paul II Institute does not seem especially earth-shaking news. True, the institution has a high international reputation for the quality of its teaching and its academic research on bioethics and the family. But it has only existed since 2001, and it is not unique, globally
The fall and rise of Pakistani Catholics
October 20, 2016
Last week, one of the most long-awaited court rulings in Pakistan’s modern history was delayed. Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, stands accused of blasphemy, for which the penalty is death. Like many such cases, it rests on a flimsy legal basis. But it also stirs intense sectarian feeling. One Islamist group says they will take
Some progressives tried to divide the Church, says head of organisation ‘created’ by Clinton aide
October 19, 2016
Christopher Hale said many people were involved in founding CACG, but its only current aim is 'to promote the social teaching of the Church'
The ‘weapon’ that broke Boko Haram
October 06, 2016
“The reason I’m sitting here before you,” Bishop Oliver Doeme tells me mid-interview, “is the grace of God.” For a moment I think this is a pious generalisation about divine providence. But that’s not what Bishop Doeme means. He means that, by rights, he shouldn’t really be alive. The bishop’s diocese is Maiduguri in Nigeria
The ‘weapon’ that broke Boko Haram
October 06, 2016
When the terrorist group attacked his diocese, a Nigerian bishop launched a spiritual fightback. Dan Hitchens meets him
‘Boko Haram will soon fizzle out’, says Nigerian bishop fighting terrorism with the rosary
October 03, 2016
Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme of Maiduguri said the terrorist group have been pushed back
The Church’s next political dilemma
September 22, 2016
‘You may not be interested in politics,” goes the old saying, “but politics is interested in you.” The Church has rediscovered this truth many times in the last few years: clashes with governments over marriage, the sanctity of life, and religious liberty have simply become unavoidable. Since all those issues are still very much alive,
Ignore the misleading headlines: the remarried cannot ‘now receive Communion’
September 19, 2016
The Church's teaching has been consistent from the early Church to modern Popes. Last week's events didn't change it
Scholars divided over authority of Amoris Laetitia
August 25, 2016
The canon lawyer Kurt Martens said that Amoris Laetitia had to be interpreted in line with previous Church teaching
How Pokémon Go became a problem
August 18, 2016
When Pokémon Go first appeared, many Christians were optimistic about where it might lead. The game was “a great opportunity” to reach out to non-churchgoers, said the Church of England, which suggested parishes might offer players drinks and snacks and recharge their phone batteries. “#PokemonGO is drawing people to churches,” tweeted Bishop David Ricken of
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