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A meaningful Levelling Up strategy needs to address the real issues affecting local communities

This week the government announced the second round of awards in its flagship Levelling Up Fund project. More than

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NHS ambulance crisis just confirms that governments don’t see a healthy society as a moral or economic priority

In the early hours of this morning, our front lounge was illuminated by the blue flashing lights of an

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Everyone’s hopping on the annual poppy appeal bandwagon, but let’s not forget its core purpose, says Joseph Kelly  

Tomorrow, “at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month”, Commonwealth member states will stop to

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Migration is an urgent and complex issue, but a fundamental change of approach is needed, says Joseph Kelly

When our Lead Bishop for Migrants and Refugees hit out this week at conditions at the Manston refugee centre,

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Rishi Sunak has made a positive start by halting fracking, but not going to COP27 is a grave error of judgement, says Joseph Kelly

With the appointment of Rishi Sunak as the UK’s latest Prime Minister, there was perhaps some small hope that

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As Liz Truss resigns, it’s time to turn our backs on divisive politics and heed some words of advice from Pope Francis, says Joseph Kelly

On Monday this week Pope Francis met with a group of entrepreneurs from Spain, and used the opportunity to

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In a world where the truth now seems to be whatever the individual thinks it is – God is the ONLY certainty, says Joseph Kelly

As someone who’s worked in journalism for some 40 years now, much of it in the tabloid arena, I’m

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COP27 would do well to heed the concerns of Pope Francis for God’s creation as Vatican formally joins the process, says Joseph Kelly

From 6th to 18th November, Heads of State, ministers and negotiators, climate activists, civil society representatives and CEOs will

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Economy of Francesco movement proves there is an alternative model for a just and prosperous society, says Joseph Kelly

With all the financial turmoil and worry that has been consuming the country over the past few days, you’d

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Latest challenges to RE and Relationships curriculum should be warning to Catholic schools that state partnership is changing, says Joseph Kelly

As the sombre final curtain fell on the second Elizabethan age, much of the outgoing narrative has focussed on

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There’s a strong Catholic case for King Charles III being an interventionist monarch, says Joseph Kelly

Whilst the queue of people wanting to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II past seems to be growing

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This week the world commemorated Hiroshima Day, but the message still isn’t getting through that our nuclear arsenals must go, says Joseph Kelly

In a world that is becoming dangerously unstable for a whole range of reasons, it was inevitable that the

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