Education

'Careless words cost lives' - reflections on recent statements from the Pontifical Academy for Life

a number of news outlets have picked up the story that archbishop vincenzo paglia, president of the pontifical academy for life, has appeare...

David Albert Jones

What life is really like for Ukraine's children and youth

(in the cellar of a kyiv kindergarten, children take shelter during an air raid | genya savilov / afp via getty) in my twenty-five years as ...

Dutch legalise euthanasia for primary school-age children

euthanasia is to be extended to primary school-age children in the netherlands, the dutch government has announced. health minister ernst ku...

Paul Johnson 1928-2023

as a young journalist, i remember listening to the legendary paul johnson at el vino, fleet street’s famed tavern. paul dispensed merry wisd...

Fauré's Requiem – Facing death through music

michael white praises a production of fauré’s requiem accompanied by sky burial, and a powerful opera about a nun visiting death row. gabrie...

The problem with a multi-faith coronation

when one of my previous bosses, a university vice-chancellor, wanted to show his contempt for a problem, he would dismiss it as a “theologic...

Proposed laws on embryo experimentation and fertility treatment are rushing us headlong into a Brave New World

(the manager of bioart fertility clinics lab prepares thawed blastocysts during an in-vitro fertilisation process in johannesburg, on februa...

David Albert Jones

What will the Pontifical Academy for Life conclude on the use of artificial intelligence?

in recent months, there has been a lot of discussion on social media of artificial intelligence, or ai, following the release of extremely p...

Finding Family at the Foundling Museum

family is where you find it, as they say. it is a broad statement in the face of which the church’s social teachings have to hold their own ...

Going on pilgrimage feels like an act of rebellion against secular modern society, and it's on the rise in Britain

is it me or can catholics be a bit headstrong these days? i asked myself that question after attempting to marshal the catholic herald’s&nbs...