The virus has been a painful lesson in human limitations
June 2, 2020
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Where will we be by the time you read this? Emotionally speaking: will the collective mood be up or down?
BBC impartiality is a sham. But social conservatives already knew that
May 29, 2020
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The Corporation is not some neutral umpire but a potent actor in the nation’s affairs
Blitz spirit? No, just staying home in slippers
May 29, 2020
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The Queen hopes that “in the years to come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded
A good pub is hard to find – but not impossible
May 29, 2020
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Catholics know all too well the banishment from the higher things in life – indeed the highest – incurred by
Holy water and Super Soakers don’t mix, priests say
May 27, 2020
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After photos appearing to depict blessings or baptisms by water gun went viral online, several priests cautioned that Catholics should take care to treat sacred objects and rites with a proper sense of reverence.
Diary: Do bigger families cope better with the lockdown?
May 27, 2020
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It’s a time for long books. I’m halfway through War and Peace. Hilary Mantel’s latest is next, an act of
Meet the friendliest saint in history
May 26, 2020
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Through personal contact and friendship, St Philip Neri contributed to the spiritual renewal in Rome that was essential to the success of the Counter-Reformation
I was impatient for lockdown to end, but now I’m used to it
May 26, 2020
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At the start of what we now call the lockdown, in mid-March (I date it from around St Patrick’s Day,
St Dunstan: The saint who put horseshoes on the devil’s hooves
May 19, 2020
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Today is St Dunstan’s Day… the saint who took the devil by the nose
What is acedia, how do you pronounce it, and why does this priest tweet about it?
May 19, 2020
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Acedia may be less well-known than other vices, but it is no less spiritually dangerous
Scruton’s take on Wagner’s Parsifal: redemption without Christianity
May 16, 2020
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Wagner was not a Christian believer, but remained fascinated by the rituals of the faith and the way in which it appeared to satisfy our deepest yearnings
Secular faith has no answer to the coronavirus
May 15, 2020
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Old-fashioned religion is well used to doubt. The Book of Job tells of a struggle with doubt of the most