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Amidst all the divisions and worries of the world, Easter stands as a moment of unconditional forgiveness

As we enter into the Sacred Tridium, there is really only one story worth reporting on this week –

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Report by report, the government and lobby groups are closing in our Catholic education system, says Joseph Kelly

With more than a few cracks starting to open up across his government, PM Rishi Sunak really could have

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Fixing our broken pensions system is not just a fiscal responsibility for the future but a moral duty for the present, says Joseph Kelly

When philosophers and political theologians get together these days, there only seems to be one topic of conversation. With

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More fundamental questions must be asked about the role of our police in the wake of the Baroness Casey review

The publication this morning of Baroness Louise Casey’s 360 page report into the Metropolitan police has rightly shocked the

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Bishops’ Love the Stranger document offers not just guidance but a ‘call to action’ in support of refugees and migrants

There are few things that are predictable in politics, but one certainty is that change invariably comes from where

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Gary Lineker controversy and ‘silent prayer’ law marks worrying new lurch towards authoritarianism

For a long time now, I’ve thought that paying Gary Lineker some £1.3m a year for sounding off about

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Ten years on, the papacy of Pope Francis remains a radical work in progress

In just over a week’s time, Pope Francis will be marking ten years since the day he was elected

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One year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, uncertainty now looms for Ukrainian refugees here in the UK

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began a year ago this week, was an extraordinary and unexpected event that

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Events in Scotland have revealed a fixation with issues of faith and morality in public politics, but this needs to change

When Alex Salmond resigned from the SNP in the face of allegations of sexual misconduct in 2013 (from which

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As Church of England seeks an un-gendered God, there are words that must be protected

In the coming months the Church of England is planning to debate the adoption of non-gendered language when referring

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Whatever the challenges of housing migrants and asylum seekers, the government mustn’t resort to private landlords

This morning the government announced that it’s abandoning plans to house asylum seekers in a Pontins Holiday Park on

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“Stop the boats” is no platform on which to try and rebuild the UK’s battered economy

Understandably, there had been a degree of anticipation – and even vague hope – surrounding Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s all-important

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