Scorsese’s Silence has an unexpected relevance to the Communion debate
January 4, 2017
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The film handles questions of sin, doctrine and mercy which are at the heart of today’s controversies
The sinister crime in Mexico that the Pope cannot avoid
February 12, 2016
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Pope Francis surely cannot fail to mention the 43 students who are still missing
Books blog: The art of the Catholic book reviewer
October 19, 2015
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Catholic critic Edward Short’s Adventures in the Books Pages features perceptive comment on the likes of Graham Greene, Leonardo da Vinci and GK Chesterton
England is getting less Irish by the day
June 4, 2015
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The Irish Catholicism that used to define so many English cities now seems as remote as Newman and Manning
Should we care that Hilary Mantel is anti-Catholic?
February 11, 2014
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Fashions have changed meaning literature and the Church are no longer comfortable bedfellows
Religious persecution has existed through the ages. We must continue to fight it, and take it as a compliment
May 22, 2013
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As the sacrifice of the Mexican martyrs shows, anti-Catholicism will always rebound on itself
How do Christians offer an alternative to the ‘nonsense all around us’?
January 14, 2013
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The growing acceptance of euthanasia represents the triumph of atheism over European society
An eye-opening look at corruption in Africa
October 5, 2012
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How NGOs are as complicit as the Kleptocrats
The Power and the Glory remains the greatest argument for Catholicism ever made
February 13, 2012
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Greene’s novel is a great argument for the faith, but so is the country in which it was set
Are Catholic intellectuals losing touch with the mainstream?
May 9, 2011
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If so, this is bad news for the Church