Pope blesses Vatican cricket team ahead of tour
September 9, 2014
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Team to bring bat signed by Francis with them on tour of England
We should bring the Courtyard of the Gentiles to England
April 8, 2014
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Promoting dialogue between believers and non-believers will enrich our national conversation
This is still a Christian culture: but the Law Society is now encouraging Sharia principles that are deeply hostile to our values
March 27, 2014
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Our democracy is built on the fundamental principle that we are one nation and that there is one law for everyone
Hail, glorious St Patrick!
March 17, 2014
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But beware the dangerous new tradition that paints 20th century Ireland as a grim theocracy
16,500 respond to survey on family ahead of Extraordinary Synod
February 4, 2014
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Details of questionnaire responses from Catholics in England and Wales will remain confidential
Cardinal Pell: Ashes revenge is sweet
January 21, 2014
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‘Turn the other cheek doesn’t quite fit the England–Australia battle,’ says Australian cardinal
Cricket Australia is still very lofty about ‘The Spirit of Cricket’. After their team’s loutish pleasure in humiliating England, they have a nerve
November 27, 2013
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The Australian captain told one English player to ‘get ready for a broken arm’. Is this really what the Ashes is all about now?
The servant-saint who was held up as an example by her masters
April 30, 2013
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The body of St Zita (Aprl 27) is paraded through the streets of Lucca every year
St George: the soldier-saint of which little is known for sure
April 23, 2013
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St George (April 23) is patron saint not only of England, but also Russia, Palestine, Greece and Catalonia
He might not have stepped foot in England, but don’t denigrate St George
April 23, 2013
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We should be proud of our international soldier-saint
Cardinal O’Brien is surely right about Scottish independence from England: but what about English independence from the Scots?
January 16, 2012
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Just as between England and Ireland, our relationship after independence would be less distorted by mutual resentment
Is it wrong to see a spiritual dimension in the unfolding drama of the Ashes?
January 6, 2011
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After all, the mighty are being put down from their seats and the humble exalted