Despite the atheist potshots, Ricky Gervais’s show touches on real truths
June 12, 2020
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After Life Netflix It was hard not to feel some admiration for Ricky Gervais’s speech at the Golden Globes this
If you want to defeat the ‘alt-right’, try reading Benedict XVI
October 21, 2017
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The former Pontiff critiqued globalisation while showing how to reconcile unity with diversity
A new anti-Christian ideology
October 19, 2017
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The strange phenomenon of the alt-right is now well fixed in the public consciousness. As a complex confluence of different
How gangsta rap became Christian rap
August 24, 2017
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St Francis de Sales writes that the pious soul should be like a hummingbird among flowers: attracted to beautiful things,
The grime king who is ‘blinded by grace’
April 27, 2017
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Like many Catholics of my age, the “home turf” of my liturgical music taste is of a rather traditional bent.
Stormzy: The grime king who is ‘blinded by grace’
April 27, 2017
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Some Catholics may feel uneasy about contemporary music, but Stormzy’s lyrics draw deeply on his faith
The Marian way of winning souls
January 12, 2017
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Having lived in London a while, I take pride in my ability to get from A to Z (train strikes
What translating Benedict’s words taught me
November 10, 2016
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The translator of Benedict XVI’s Last Testament describes the joyous experience of working on the retired pope’s text
What translating Benedict’s words taught me
November 10, 2016
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The first things that came to mind when I was asked to write about the experience of translating Benedict XVI’s