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After US and UK attacks on Yemen, are we on the verge of walking into yet another war?

It seems a dreadful irony that instead of writing about this coming weekend’s Peace Sunday, we’re all having to

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Gripping Post office drama has exposed deep flaws in our British justice system

Just a few hundred yards from our offices in Llandudno is a quiet side street that has become the

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Harry’s court victory is too little, too late in the new moral chaos of the internet age

This afternoon’s announcement that Prince Harry was indeed the victim of a campaign of “extensive” phone hacking by Mirror

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The Covid enquiry will give us some answers, but we must also learn the human lessons of the pandemic

I suppose it comes as no surprise that the much-anticipated government Covid enquiry is starting to expose all sorts

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French Carmelite priest who understood the unexpected pathways to synodality

At the recent Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales there was a great deal

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Story of St Winefride takes on new relevance as shrine is elevated to National Status

At this week’s plenary meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales, a resolution was passed that

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Say a prayer that peace and common sense prevail this Remembrance weekend, says Joseph Kelly

After what has been yet another week of political controversy and uproar, the country is understandably holding its breath

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Israel’s ill-judged siege of Gaza is doomed to repeat the failures of the past, says Joseph Kelly

Over the past week or so I’ve written very little about the Israel-Gaza war. The history of this conflict

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Listening rather than talking needs to be the next stage of the synodal journey, says Joseph Kelly

As the many Participants in the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops pack their bags and

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Global leaders should turn to words of Pope John XXIII in their search for Gaza peace solution, says Joseph Kelly

For a long time there has been a sense around the country that our political leaders are becoming increasingly

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The suffering of innocent children should be cause to stop war, not escalate it, says Joseph Kelly

(Trigger warning: contains some graphic description of conflict injuries) Earlier today (Friday 13th Oct.), the Vatican’s Cardinal Secretary of

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Silence throughout the synod is probably wise, but decisions will need to be explained adequately

For months now it’s been hailed as the most important meeting of minds in the recent history of the

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