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October 09, 2023

‘To Hamas, death, not life, is the prize’

October 09, 2023

Minus the Hebrew and Arabic street signs and the garish posters of local politicians, the sunny tree-lined streets of Sderot could almost be any other sleepy Mediterranean town. Nearby Ashkelon, with its slick modern suburbs, instead resembles that much-loved refuge of the rich and famous, Southern California. Of course, these towns, where I walked just

James L Buckley 1923-2023: A great defender of life

October 09, 2023

Former US Senator James Lane Buckley died on August 18 at the age of 100. In 1970 he ran for the Senate as a candidate for the Conservative Party of New York, which had been founded in 1962 by local dissatisfied Republicans; an improbable victory after his opponents split the liberal vote made Buckley the

Catholic teacher could be banned from profession for refusing to teach extreme gender ideology

October 09, 2023

A Catholic teacher could be barred from her profession for refusing to teach extreme gender ideology to pupils. Glawdys Leger, 43, was dismissed from Bishop Justus Church of England School in Bromley, Kent, after she refused to teach “extreme and politically partisan LGBTQI lessons” to Year 7 and 8 pupils. She was sacked for gross

Cardinal Pole, a scholar and subtle diplomat

October 09, 2023

James Willoughby explores the enigmatic man at the heart of a new exhibition. In every portrait of him that we have, Cardinal Reginald Pole stares out, watchful and reticent. His eyes seem to be painted unnaturally large. He grasps the arms of his chair as if poised to spring out of it. A prince of

As Pope appeals for peace, Israel warns Vatican against false ‘parallelisms’

October 09, 2023

ROME – A massive and deadly surprise offensive from Hamas in recent days has prompted Israel to declare war, drawing appeals from Pope Francis and church leaders in the Holy Land for calm, and for international intervention to prevent further bloodshed. At the same time, Israel’s embassy to the Holy See has warned the Vatican

Crucifix of priest executed after Gunpowder Plot now on display in UK convent

October 09, 2023

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – A crucifix that once belonged to a priest executed after England’s notorious Gunpowder Plot is currently on display in the country’s oldest still operating convent, located in the northern city of York. Father Edward Oldcorne was friends with Robert Catesby, the instigator of the 1605 plot hatched by a group of

Eyeless in Gaza: are we overlooking the finer points of the Philistines?

October 09, 2023

Reappraising a common insult. Why is “philistine” a term of abuse? Is it an ethnic slur? Who is out there defending the rights of any remaining Philistines? In his jovially self-deprecating way, the deputy editor may recently have planted the seed of a movement. In his review of the After Impressionism exhibition at the National