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January 21, 2021

Catholic Church in Perth ordered to make record $2.45 million payout in historic sex abuse case

January 21, 2021

The Catholic Church in Perth has been ordered to make a record payout of $2.45 million to a child abuse survivor, after a District Court ruling last week.

Bishops reach out to UK Health Secretary about life support case in Plymouth

January 21, 2021

Bishops John Sherrington and Mark O’Toole have written a letter expressing their concern to British Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock about the removal of life support from a Catholic man in Plymouth, after a court ruling in January.

A Time to Heal

January 21, 2021

Mr. Biden will not help hasten the defeat of the reactionary political extremism that poisons the soul of the nation by catering to the political demands of those at the other extremity of the body politic.

Pressure builds on Biden and Johnson to stop ‘inhumane’ sanctions on Syria

January 21, 2021

In two letters, politicians, senior clergy and heads of aid organisations from around the world urged US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to end their economic sanctions on Syria. Citing an appeal at the end of December from the UN Special Rapporteur on Unilateral Coercieve Measures, Prof. Alena Douhan, they called

Architect’s requiem

January 21, 2021

After 200 years of building new English churches, is the vocation of the Catholic architect over, asks Michael Hodges

Adding diversity to the university

January 21, 2021

Catholic universities have a gift to offer the world which arises from the way we think about knowledge. We have a duty in teaching and research to ensure that the link between faith and reason is not severed. A Catholic university should also help in the building of character. Our alumni should go on to serve society whist practising the virtues – whether they practice in business, the law, sport, health or education.

History through the eyes of the godly

January 21, 2021

Shepherds, Sheep, Hirelings and Wolves: An Anthology of Christian Currents in English Life Since AD 550 by Tim Williams, reviewed by Septimus Waugh