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Stephen Daisley: The moral agony of the lifelong Labour voter

it’s the dilemma facing millions of moderate labour voters: can they in good conscience support their party this time around without endorsi...

Stephen Daisley

Nick Hallett: My journey from atheism to Catholicism

it seemed obvious, really. how could i ever have been so foolish as not to believe in god? what a small, miserable universe i inhabited befo...

We all know how to raise kids – don’t we?

strong families make for happy people. i always subscribed to this sentiment, even though, or maybe because, my own parents had divorced. bu...

It’s 1978 all over again

i was on my way to morning assembly when my friend smith called out: “oy, thompson, did you hear that the pope’s dead?” i knew most boys cou...

Damian Thompson

The election with no right answer

‘la peste ou le choléra’: the plague or cholera. this expression perfectly captures the dilemma of french catholics at the ballot box this s...

William Cash: Theresa May’s secret A-list

my sources in westminster say that it was the chance to be elected for a “full five more years” that was the deciding factor for calling the...

Atheism’s harsh consequences

i fear we are losing the capacity for proportionate response to misbehaviour, to temper justice with mercy, to forgive the penitent and to r...

Mary Kenny: Squabbling? Try divorce Irish-style

as brexit is constantly compared to the process of divorce, how about suggesting a parallel with what used to be known as “divorce irish-sty...

Comments of the week

let’s pay parents to bring up their children sir – david goodhart (cover story, april 21) describes childcare as “the most important job on ...

The Catholic Herald

The adventures of Poland’s ‘ecstatic pessimist’

it is the late 1970s. from his study on grizzly peak, california, a 66-year-old man gazes out on the pacific ocean, and asks himself: “who w...