In the post-Nagasaki world, we’re still struggling to find global peace
In the largest city on the island of Kyushu in Japan, many thousands have been gathering today to remember the dreadful events that occurred there
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Joseph Kelly
Trump saga has much to teach us about the need to restore trust in UK politics
If ever there was a political decision that was going to raise fundamental questions about the nature of democracy, the
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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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Society needs to get an urgent grip of the underlying causes of knife crime, says Joseph Kelly
The dreadful killing of 15-year-old Elianne Andam, who was stabbed in the neck with a kitchen knife on her way
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The Johnson debacle needs to mark the end of dishonesty in politics, and the start of a new era of integrity, says Joseph Kelly
It seems like we’ve been hanging on forever for it to arrive, even though we were pretty certain we knew
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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 he
Read moreAs 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 share
Read moreIn 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 no
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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 the
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In this day and age there’s no such thing as a Just War, says Joseph Kelly
As the Russia/Ukrainian war grinds into its eighth day, many Catholics have been struggling with the old concept of a
Read moreAs the Russians invade, history seems to be repeating itself endlessly for the brave citizens of Ukraine, says Joseph Kelly
Each year for the past decade or so, as I’ve edited the 1,000 or so pages of the Official Catholic
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