Culture

Why the overturning of Roe v Wade could reopen the abortion debate in Ireland

the first paragraph of the leaked draft of the supreme court decision to overturn  roe v wade  states:  abortion presents a p...
Dualta Roughneen

End of the road for St Benet's Hall?

st benet’s hall, oxford, looks set to close, writes serenhedd james the optimism with which i wrote about the future of st benet’s hall, oxf...
Serenhedd James

What really happened with the 'gay author' and John Fisher School

since simon james green, the homosexual author of ‘teen fiction’, was prevented from promoting his latest book at a catholic secondary schoo...
Simon Caldwell

Roe v Wade leak was an act of shameless intimidation

well, we knew it would get ugly but the left in america have gone full mafia tactics with the unprecedented leak of the draft opinion from t...
Laura Perrins

Catholic children should be reading CS Lewis and GK Chesterton, not the blasphemous dross of Simon James Green

let’s keep this simple. if you think inviting an author of sexually explicit material that also has a sprinkling of blasphemy to a catholic ...
Laura Perrins

Britten's "Peter Grimes" is a tale for our times

covent garden’s powerful production of "peter g rimes" pulls no punches, writes michael white the seaside town of aldeburgh, in suffolk, has...
Michael White

Family trauma across the decades

bad relations by cressida connolly viking, £14.99, 288 pages families don’t always bring out the best in people,” says one of the characters...
Paula Byrne

A glimpse of heaven at Sir John Soane's Museum

architectural drawings: hidden masterpieces from sir john soane’s museum by dr frances sands batsford press, £35, 159 pages "we’ll make heav...
Serenhedd James

Newman miracle mother warns Catholics to protect consciences of children from anti-Christian culture

the american mother miraculously healed of a potentially fatal haemorrhage by the intercession of cardinal st john henry newman has spoken o...
Simon Caldwell

On Pilgrimage with Terry Eagleton

where would you go? saint-maximin-la-sainte-baume, a village not far from aix-en-provence. its basilica is dedicated to mary magdalene and u...
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