Crucial free vote on abortion time limits could see UK law shift in favour of protecting unborn
Catholics who’ve been scanning UK news media this week can hardly have failed to read the traumatic story of “35
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Sadly, today it’s not just Scotland’s political system that is balanced on a fragile knife edge
After what has been less than a year in power, the future of Scotland’s transformative First Minister Humza Yousaf is
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Catholic social teaching is not about serving the state, but ensuring that the state serves us
It was with a certain amount of weary inevitability that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced at the Centre for Social
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Forget warnings about scaling back arms supplies, governments must reject war completely
In the wake of the horrific killing of seven innocent aid workers in Gaza on Monday this week, it’s no
Read moreAN EASTER REFLECTION: Truth, forgiveness and the recognition of wrongdoing runs deep through the story of Veronica’s Veil
As we’ve all made the long, tortured walk towards Golgotha over the past weeks, the familiar images of the Stations
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Global leaders now need to put aside politics and reach a solution as Gaza hangs on brink of famine
Whilst it hasn’t come as any real surprise that Russia and China vetoed today’s US draft resolution for a ceasefire
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Michael Gove’s new definition of extremism is as dangerous as it is divisive
When Michael Gove announced to parliament this week that the government has formulated a new definition of extremism, the announcement
Read moreAlpha, asylum seekers and the debate about genuine Christian conversion
When a car bomb exploded outside Liverpool’s Women’s Hospital just before 11am on Remembrance Sunday 2021, it was dismissed as
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A growing intolerance and bigotry was at heart of last night’s Manchester pro-life confrontation
For anyone who’s been through our university system, controversies and disagreements surrounding student societies are a regular and expected fact
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For all the talk of humanity and democracy, it’s utterly shameful the UK establishment won’t save Shamima Begum
Although it didn’t come as any great surprise, the Court of Appeal decision in the Shamima Begum case this afternoon
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Labour’s green U-turn is just a symptom of a much deeper global problem
In what has been yet another less-than-dignified week in British politics, the announcement by Sir Keir Starmer that his Labour
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Brianna Ghey case raises profound concerns about young people in contemporary society
As more chilling details about the dreadful murder of Brianna Ghey emerged today, many of us will be wondering what
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Holocaust Memorial Day is timely warning that freedom must never be taken for granted
After a week that has been marked by uncomfortable headlines and irritable exchanges about the possible forced mobilisation of UK
Read moreIf we are heading towards a global war, it’s time for our faith leaders to take a stand for peace
A couple of years ago if you had the temerity to suggest that Donald Trump might once again become the
Read morePort Talbot redundancies show profit is still taking precedence over the common good
The announcement this morning that 2,800 jobs are to go at Port Talbot’s Tata Steel plant has such a familiar
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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 reflect
Read moreGripping 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 unlikely
Read moreHarry’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 Group
Read moreThe 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 of
Read moreFrench 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 of
Read moreStory 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 has
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