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Ed West

May 04, 2017
Atheists will soon start to die out, according to demographic projections. So much for 'secularisation theory'
May 04, 2017
At first glance, it looks as though the Sea of Faith has well and truly evaporated. At the start of Lent this year, the BBC expressed puzzlement when Glasgow MP Carol Monaghan turned up to a parliamentary meeting wearing ash on her forehead, and asked whether this was “appropriate”. As the general election was called,
March 17, 2017
St Patrick was an undocumented migrant - but the immigration debate was as complex in his time as it is today
December 22, 2016
A churchman living in east London despairs of his flock. “There are many people who do not believe that God exists, nor do they think that the human soul lives on after the death of the body,” he laments. “They consider that the universe has always been as it is now and is ruled by
November 09, 2016
Middle East Christians in America and beyond appear to be behind the new president due to his pro-Russian, anti-Saudi leanings
September 15, 2016
ISIS has brought terror to Iraq's Christian community. Now there's a military fightback – but could it make things even worse?
August 25, 2016
I ticked off another “thing to do before I die” last month when I attended the annual wine-tasting day in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, which was the very image of la belle vie of rural France, apart from the four soldiers with machine guns plus three policemen with handguns. France is swarming with heavily armed guys looking effortlessly
June 30, 2016
It was the school fair last Saturday, a usually fun event which took place in a strange subdued mood. I live in the fourth most pro-remain borough in Britain, the heartland of the liberal metropolitan elite, whom everyone else seems to despise. In my road there were at least two dozen pro-EU posters displayed before the
June 29, 2016
Leave voters are left with a sickening feeling that we have helped to bring about a great disaster
February 11, 2016
For the estimated 12 million “underground” Catholics in China the Pope’s interview with Asia Times last week must have stuck in the craw. “For me, China has always been a reference point of greatness,” Francis said. “A great country. But more than a great country, a great culture, with an inexhaustible wisdom.” The Catholic Church
February 11, 2016
For the estimated 12 million “underground” Catholics in China the Pope’s interview with Asia Times last week must have stuck in the craw. “For me, China has always been a reference point of greatness,” Francis said. “A great country. But more than a great country, a great culture, with an inexhaustible wisdom.” The Catholic Church
January 14, 2016
This time last year a senior cardinal boldly suggested that men were in special need of evangelisation because they were being sidelined by the modern Church. In an interview with a website called the Catholic Emangelisation Project (sic), Cardinal Raymond Burke said that a “feminised” Church had “led many men to simply opt out”. Many
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