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Keeping the past alive
i have been reading the golden apple of samarkand by lala wilbraham, a wonderful new book which has evaded the reviewers, perhaps because it...
Olenka Hamilton
Violent suicides soar in countries where doctor-assisted dying is legalised, reveals study
legal euthanasia and assisted suicide have no impact on the reduction of violent suicides and might in fact increase their prevalence, a new...
Simon Caldwell
Catholic doctor to challenge abortion reversal ban in High Court
a catholic doctor is preparing to challenge an order at the high court in london which blocks him from offering life-saving treatment for un...
CNA Staff
Blair's Catholic 'Mr Fixit' gets jail for failing to pay £1million divorce settlement to aristocrat ex-wife
a high court judge has sentenced a catholic former millionaire to a year in jail after he failed to pay a divorce settlement to his aristocr...
Simon Caldwell
Terrorists murder Pakistani pastor in drive-by shooting
terrorists in pakistan have murdered a christian pastor who dedicated his life to helping persecuted the persecuted church in his country. g...
Simon Caldwell
Wisdom of the elders
stories of a generation, the new netflix series, is something rather remarkable: a dialogue between generations, a series of interviews with...
Gertrude Clarke
The unique challenge of a Catholic education
before i meet paul stubbings, head of the cardinal vaughan memorial school in west london, i read a preview of the latest ofsted inspection ...
Gertrude Clarke
Baddesley Clinton
baddesley clinton lies some eight miles to the north of warwick, in the forest of arden. the beautiful moated manor house dating from the 14...
Michael Hodges
No greater nightmare
a ray of hope might be on the horizon for campaigners and parents seeking to challenge the absolute power of the nhs and the courts in decid...
Justin Doherty
Can a secular school have a ‘religious-type’ ethos?
katherine birbalsingh, also known as “britain’s strictest headteacher”, is not shy of media attention. on the very day that i talk to her th...
Theo Hobson
What St Thomas Aquinas can teach the teacher
we cannot hope to achieve an end without knowing what the end is. an archer will not hit the bullseye – except by fluke – unless he can see ...
Dominic Sullivan
Loss and gain
there was consternation in oxford when the news went round – like wildfire, as this sort of news invariably does – that the pro-vice-chancel...
Serenhedd James
Lost your bottle? Turn to Mary
last saturday, i found myself – not for the first time and definitely not for the last – at a hen party. the minute you turn 30, hen parties...
Constance Watson
Diary: Finding the right church in the Big Apple
i had never lived in new york city before i moved to manhattan in 2018. it was daunting to come as a fully formed adult with a 14-year-old c...
Janine di Giovanni
Why we need Black History Month
in the united states, february is designated as black history month. the uk similarly designates october of each year. while, of course, the...
Ken Craycraft
Dutch Adrian: the Pope nobody wanted
after the death of pope leo x on 1 december 1521, the papal conclave witnessed opposing factions of french and spanish cardinals deadlocked ...
Ray Cavanaugh
Unrepentant U.S. President Biden vows to promote abortion with 'every tool' at his disposal
president joe biden pledged to defend a so-called right to abortion and reaffirmed his commitment to the widespread availability of the proc...
Christine-Rousselle
Downside monks to leave historic abbey after two centuries in 'stepping stone' move to Buckfast
benedictine monks are to move out of historic downside abbey as they search for a new home for the community. the last eight monks will lodg...
Simon Caldwell
'Charlie's Law' bid to let parents seek care overseas for gravely ill children
parents of gravely ill children could be given a new right to seek treatment in foreign countries under a “charlie’s law” amendment to the h...
Simon Caldwell
Dickens has been proved wrong about the festive season
if charles dickens had combined his own capacity for overwrought emotional fantasy with h.g. wells’s talent for speculative fiction, a...
Nick Thomas
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