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Mary Kenny
The pastoral challenge of the ‘gig economy’
is swearing a moral issue? in the past, we were taught that invoking “the holy name” blasphemously was indeed an offence. but there are so m...
Vietnam's heartbreaking half-century
the reports of 39 people – now assumed to be vietnamese – who froze to death in a lorry container coming from zeebrugge, and found in essex ...
The Irish border is already ambiguous
fears are sometimes expressed that if brexit goes pear-shaped, and the united kingdom leaves the eu without a deal, terrorism could return t...
Newman's consoling wisdom
what does john henry newman mean to ordinary catholics today? his intellectual works, such as his great tome the idea of a university or eve...
Chirac's funeral showed the media are more judgmental than the Church
there was a time when the catholic church might decline to bestow a full christian burial on individuals whose public lives were judged to b...
That sober Baptist Thomas Cook couldn't have imagined today's travellers
it took the collapse of the travel company thomas cook – with the many reports of british tourists stranded abroad, sometimes in dire s...
My neighbour, 'the dad who gave birth'
earlier this month, bbc two showed a documentary called seahorse: the dad who gave birth, which was made in deal, kent, where i dwell (the d...
The Catholic conscience of a noir classic
it’s considered by some as the best film noir ever made – and it is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. the third man, starring orso...
Once they were dens of iniquity. Now they're community lifelines
one of the more amusing aspects of growing older is to observe the reversals of history and the shifting of concepts. how piquant to see chi...
Europe's radiant royals are helping preserve family values
royal history is often entwined with stories of scandals, illicit lovers, royal mistresses and infants born out of wedlock. (charles ii had ...
Funeral eulogies? Save it for the wake
a priest in county cork has caused ripples by deploring the nature of some of the gifts brought to the altar during a funeral mass. these, s...
Brexit ire has replaced Catholic-bashing in Ireland
it has been well documented that brexit has worsened relations between britain and ireland. there’s a tendency, among the more brexity membe...
Men's brains aren't wired to notice housework
it’s considered now to be a major cause of inequality between men and women, and a prime factor in the “gender imbalance” of society. that i...
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