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Will the Javid inquiry stand up to the sexual health establishment?
June 24, 2020
Earlier this month, former home secretary Sajid Javid announced he would be leading a new inquiry into child sex abuse in conjunction with the Centre for Social Justice. Over the past few years, we have become used to seeing headlines about child sex gangs in English cities such as Rochdale, Rotherham, Huddersfield and Oxford. In
How UK churches could start to ease the lockdown
April 22, 2020
Drive-through Confessions, a different kind of weekly obligation - and some very long processions
The Church is at the forefront of the global response to coronavirus
March 05, 2020
Fr Joseph Huu is the perfect illustration of the Church in action. Working within an area of Vietnam completely quarantined off due to worries over the coronavirus, he is coordinating health services and pastoral care in the area, taking supplies and advice to villages throughout the area. Just as importantly, he is arranging for Eucharistic
Why is the Church not standing up for parental rights?
September 19, 2019
Across the world, parents are engaged in battles with local and national governments over their right to decide how sex education is taught to children in schools. Some have had more success than others in standing up to the sex education establishment and also, regrettably, in recruiting the Church in their support. In the Canadian
In this new battle for parents’ rights, the Catholic position is clear
June 14, 2019
For several months, parents in Birmingham have been gathering on the street. They are campaigning against what they see as inappropriate lessons about LGBT issues being delivered to their primary school-age children. Kids having to run a gauntlet of protestors to attend school is not a good look, whatever the cause. But the parents have a point
Why are GCSE textbooks repeating bizarre anti-Catholic myths?
August 25, 2017
BBC Bitesize and others are touting an absurd view of Catholic history
The political consensus on sex education flies in the face of the evidence
June 01, 2017
Reports show the current approach is dangerous and ineffective. Catholic schools must show a better alternative
Beware of statisticians using sleight of hand – especially when it comes to religion
May 23, 2017
A new study claims faith schools hold countries back. The detail reveals a very different picture
The world’s biggest charity
February 16, 2017
No one helps the poor more than the Church. Here's the evidence
A worldwide force for good
February 16, 2017
Stalin famously said of the Church, “The Pope! How many divisions has he?” Less well known is Churchill’s response that Stalin “might have mentioned a number of legions not always visible on parade”. Indeed, the reach and influence of the Church are not easily described by statistics alone, yet the raw statistics are staggering enough.
Let’s fight the sex education establishment
October 08, 2015
Politicians and lobbyists claim that more sex education is the answer to almost every problem in our schools. Here’s why they are wrong
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