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How 'victimhood' is destroying the Church

a misguided quest for equality in the church is driving us further and further away from god , writes gavin ashenden as with chess, so with ...

Synodality – an exercise in misreading St John Henry Newman and 'Lumen gentium'

one consequence of writing for the catholic herald on the synodal process is that it seems to make some people excitably angry. when socrate...

The Synodal Way offers nothing more than 'quasi-Marxist content in a spiritual comfort blanket'

ex-anglicans have seen these tricks played on the church before, writes gavin ashenden in a recent article in another catholic publication, ...

The enduring confusion of America’s 'Wall of Separation Between Church and State'

new research by pew shows that the us public is as conflicted about the relationship of religion to public life as it always has been, write...

Lost and found

this month marks the centenary of the death of the french novelist marcel proust, an occasion for looking at how his work was influenced by ...

Netflix's All Quiet on the Western Front: a poignant anti-war flick undermined by cheap history

eric maria remarque wrote  all quiet on the western front  nearly a century ago. many of his readers and his friends had traipsed ...

"Darling" by India Knight

nancy mitford fans never have to wait too long before a new offering or interpretation comes along. the last few years have seen the 2021 bb...

Review: 'My year with God' by Svend Brinkmann

my year with god is well-intentioned, but ultimately highlights the complacency at the heart of modern secular thinking, writes niall gooch ...

Irish sex education plan to push gender ideology in Catholic schools

the irish department of education has just closed a consultation period for the revamping of its relationship and sexuality education (rse) ...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Admitting mistakes with wit and wisdom by A N Wilson

an wilson’s confessions is subtitled “a life of failed promises”, which is a little harsh for one of the most consistently lively and entert...

Gertrude Clarke