Columns

The implications of presuming human 'innocence': Rousseau and wickedness

jordan peterson made a helpful contribution to our understanding of the dynamics of the exchange of ideas, when he observed that, in the cas...
Gavin Ashenden

Pope sends his US Medal of Freedom to Buenos Aires

pope francis has sent the presidential medal of freedom he was awarded by former president joe biden to buenos aires cathedral. awarded to t...
EduardoCamposLima

INTERVIEW: Hon. Robert Clark on the misleading evidence at the committee stage of assisted suicide bill

for the past three weeks, kim leadbeater's terminally ill adults (end of life) bill, which seeks to legalise assisted suicide in england and...
Anthony McCarthy

Police officer orders Catholic woman to leave public area because her views are 'offensive'

new video footage shows a police officer demanding a catholic woman walk away from an abortion clinic simply because of what she is known to...
Simon Caldwell

Conclave revisited: what might actually make a man unfit to be pope?

the pope and his cardinals make surprising stars for a blockbuster. edward berger’s thriller conclave, which eschews the traditional memes t...
Miles Pattenden

Fr Calvin Robinson's priestly licence revoked after arm gesture during speech

fr calvin robinson, a priest of the anglican catholic church and an outspoken public commentator, has had his licence to minister within his...
Thomas Edwards

How to read like a Christian – and avoid lazy thinking

nearly a hundred years ago, the english writer ia richards coined a phrase that has become a mainstay of literary studies. “all respectable ...
Nick Ripatrazone

Catholic charity puts its case to US Supreme Court in religious exemption dispute

a catholic charitable organisation in wisconsin has argued to the us supreme court that the denial of its religious exemption status by the ...
johnlavenburg

The Pope is wrong to deride lace and frills — it’s important to dress well for Mass

pope francis is well known for shunning the glitz and the glam that goes with the office of pope. but, in case there was any doubt, he doubl...
Portia Berry-Kilby

'Some paintings never cease to amaze': The Adoration of the Kings

some paintings never cease to amaze. they offer more and more as you give them time to. just such a picture is jan gossaert’s adoration of t...
Gabriele Finaldi