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Fr Mark Drew on the unanswered questions that are straining Church unity
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Don’t leave the battle for religious freedom to populists, pleads Philip Booth
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Blessed are the poor – so where does that leave me? asks Melanie McDonagh
Bess Twiston Davies reports from Kurdistan on how Christians are surviving
Clara Watson says an embryo is a human being, and worthy of our love
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Mary Kenny on why her French cousins are excited by François Fillon
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