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How encyclicals became a mini-industry
November 26, 2020
Even before we had the benefit of the Pope’s views on civil unions, we had a new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, which was an opportunity...
BMA survey shows shifting ideas on assisted suicide
October 8, 2020
59 per cent of those responding said they support changing the law to allow terminally ill and incurably suffering adults the option of a...
The National Gallery’s surprisingly orthodox exhibition on sin
October 7, 2020
The exhibition explains the Christian concept of sin and salvation to an audience that may never have heard it before
‘I was beyond being damaged’: An interview with philosopher John Finnis
September 29, 2020
John Finnis looks back on a public storm - and on his lifetime studying philosophy, law and Catholic teaching
Europe is getting more secular – with some striking exceptions
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The Global God Divide is the Pew Research Foundation’s new report on religion. Most of us, without reading a word of it, would probably...
‘People are looking for something to believe’: An interview with Larry Siedentop
September 4, 2020
For the political philosopher Larry Siedentop, “the only thing worse than religion is its absence”. And it’s the absence of religion right now that...
Obituary: John Hume, a Nobel winner shaped by Catholicism
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John Hume, the statesman and peacemaker who has died at the age of 83, was for a time a candidate for the priesthood in...
Those Victorian-style prayer cards can be intensely reassuring
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There are half a dozen in front of me as I write – prayer cards, the kind of holy picture that people would once...
Even with all the regulations, it is such a relief to be back at Mass
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Why is a Conservative government pushing for no-fault divorce?
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The Conservatives are bent on fast-tracking no-fault divorce; you have to wonder, what are the Tories for?
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Caravaggio, Doubting Thomas, 1601. Potsdam Bildergalerie This is the most disconcertingly carnal take on the encounter in the Gospel of John between Christ and...
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