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March 09, 2024

EDITORIAL: The Church and the conflict in Gaza

March 09, 2024

Five months after the conflict in Gaza began, the undeclared war continues to exact a terrible toll on the lives and livelihoods of civilians. The 130 Israelis taken hostage during the Hamas atrocities of 7 October last year are still in captivity in unimaginable conditions. At the time of writing, the number of Palestinian civilian

Pope’s blessings for ‘same-sex couples’ definitively sink ecumenical dialogue with Copts

March 09, 2024

One of the most influential Oriental Orthodox Churches has suspended theological dialogue with the Catholic Church and reaffirmed its opposition to “all forms of homosexual relationships,” in the latest blow to a recent Vatican document which sets a way for blessing members of same-sex relationships. The declaration – “Fiducia Supplicans: On the Pastoral Meaning of

Freer than we used to be?: We have replaced an imperfect sexual culture with a ruinous one

March 09, 2024

That wise old bird GK Chesterton one wrote that “if men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they will be governed by the ten thousand commandments.” I often think of this line nowadays, especially with regard to how approaches to social and economic policy manage the reality of human nature. If we do