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April 17, 2023

Paul Johnson 1928-2023

April 17, 2023

As a young journalist, I remember listening to the legendary Paul Johnson at El Vino, Fleet Street’s famed tavern. Paul dispensed merry wisdom, often alongside Peregrine Worsthorne and Alan Watkins – leading scribes of the day. I was awestruck by the brilliant conversation: it seemed like being in the company of his 18th-century namesake, Dr

Pope Francis defends St. John Paul II against ‘offensive conjectures’ from brother of missing ‘Vatican girl’

April 17, 2023

Pope Francis on Sunday defended St. John Paul II against a recent accusation that the Polish pope secretly visited women at night. Speaking to the public on Divine Mercy Sunday, a day established by Pope John Paul II in 2000, Pope Francis called the insinuation “unfounded and offensive”. “Certain that I interpret the feelings of

Police relax bail conditions stopping Catholic woman from praying in public

April 17, 2023

Police have agreed to relax bail conditions preventing a Catholic woman from praying in public following her second arrest outside an abortion facility. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was arrested for praying outside the British Pregnancy Advisory Service clinic in Station Road, Birmingham. It came just two weeks after a judge in the city ruled that she had

The significance of Biden’s visit to Knock shrine

April 17, 2023

On Friday US president Joe Biden made an unexpected visit to Ireland’s most eminent Catholic shrine at Knock during his visit to Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Peace Agreement. As part of the whistle-stop visit, the President took time to visit his ancestral homes in Co. Louth and Ballina, Co.