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Why we shouldn’t pay too much attention to stories of a crisis in clergy numbers and parish closures, says Joseph Kelly

A decade or so ago, when I first started editing The annual Catholic Directory of England & Wales, there

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We need bravery and imagination if we’re to build a meaningful post-covid education system, by Joseph Kelly

One of the most crucial areas of concern throughout the past two Covid years has been the impact of

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Whatever troubles we have to face, know that God will never desert us, by Joseph Kelly

2020 has been no ordinary year. This pandemic has forced us to adjust to a dreadful new normal  –

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North Shropshire by-election and Queen’s cancelled Christmas lunch highlight need for change in our priorities, by Joseph Kelly

Please God we might avoid it, but it does look like we’re heading for a second major lockdown. It

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Getting the work/home life balance will be key in rebuilding a post-Covid world, by Joseph Kelly

With Omicron looking increasingly like an aggressive and potentially dangerous Covid variant, it was no surprise that this week

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Mandatory vaccination is a worrying addition to the West’s already dubious stance on Covid, by Joseph Kelly

As if we haven’t got enough to deal with worrying about Omicron and whether or not we are finally

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We need to stop talking about migrants and start talking about people if English Channel crisis is to be resolved, by Joseph Kelly

The emotional responses from across society to Wednesday’s terrible tragedy in the English Channel have been unanimous. The loss

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Government’s ‘sneaky’ attempt to tweak the Care Act will hit poorest pensions hardest when they need support the most, by Joseph Kelly

With all the fuss about the HS2 Rail project unravelling, and the row over MPs second jobs, you could

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Wearing the poppy is not a political gesture, but a remembrance of all who have given their lives so that we may sleep safely, by Joseph Kelly

There aren’t many things I’d care to remember about Liverpool’s shock defeat at West Ham last weekend, but there’s

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How one young person’s school strike exploded into a global movement, and is giving hope to all young people, by Joseph Kelly

For those of us old enough to remember the heady days of political campaigning in across the 1960s and

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Chancellor’s “moral” Budget promises must put the vulnerable in our society first, says Joseph Kelly

The problem with government Budgets from whatever party has always been trying to determine what they actually mean, and

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Face masks debate should be about concern for our neighbour, not a fixation with science, by Joseph Kelly

As the cold winter weather draws in, few of us will relish the thought of having to go out

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