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Rwanda flights fiasco highlights government’s increasing loss of moral compass, says Joseph Kelly

For those who were following developments closely, the high drama of Tuesday evening’s Rwanda flight cancellation seemed at times

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Adversarial politics and an immovable government is creating a real crisis for UK democracy, says Joseph Kelly

After the interminable wait for the Sue Gray report into Partygate, the Conservative Party’s embarrassingly ambiguous confidence vote in

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Could the Queen’s Jubilee weekend mark the start of a new era of Church-State relations in the UK? asks Joseph Kelly

With the run up to the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations already attracting uncomfortably mixed publicity, it was a last-minute

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St John Paul II knew how to dig a struggling economy out of a cost-of-living crisis, say Joseph Kelly

Listening to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcements this afternoon on tackling the cost-of-living crisis, I couldn’t help feeling that –

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From the rising of the sun to its setting, the celebration of the Mass is our bridge to God, says Joseph Kelly

It seems hard to believe that it was more than two years ago now that all our Catholic Churches

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A short government course in home economics is no solution to the deepening food poverty crisis, says Joseph Kelly

It’s certainly been a strange week in politics, especially when it comes to discussing the cost of living crisis

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As our Catholic bishops pay a visit to Senedd, Welsh government blasts Westminster over its “assault on human rights” and calls for Bill of Rights for Wales, says Joseph Kelly

In Welsh government circles, Wednesdays are fairly important. Plenary meetings, which are attended by all Members of the Senedd,

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Croydon school gay book row highlights increasing challenges being faced by Catholic educators, says Joseph Kelly

It’s not often that you get strike action outside a Catholic school, but this morning some 40 members of

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Balancing the certainties of the past against an uncertain present is at the heart of Catholic education, says Joseph Kelly

Just before he went into the Paul VI Hall for his regular weekly audience last week, Pope Francis met

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Governments may not like faith leaders holding them to account, but it’s a vital restraint, says Joseph Kelly

When Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week accused the Archbishop of Canterbury of having “misconstrued” the policy of sending

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As Easter approaches, there are profound parallels between the images of suffering in Ukraine and The Passion, says Joseph Kelly

For many Catholic families, watching biblical films in the run up to Easter is part of the ritual journey

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There’s a chasm between the government’s new energy strategy and the Catholic perspective on climate change, says Joseph Kelly

With most of us facing rocketing energy bills and wondering how on earth we’re going to reverse the catastrophic

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