Education

Irish PM says primary school children must learn 'what it means to be transgender'

a row has emerged between irish prime minister, leo varadkar, and the irish catholic primary schools management association (cpsma), which h...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

John P Meier: Catholic biblical scholar of rigour

when fr john p meier died in october 2022, the world lost a renowned catholic biblical scholar – whose ambitious, multi-volume project, a ma...

Nick Ripatrazone

Catholic treasures at Sotheby’s

arabella illingworth reflects on the latest spetchley park sale. there is always something rather sad about the dispersal of the contents of...

Arabella Illingworth

The Sixteen's Harry Christophers on Lent, lyrics, and life

on a perishingly cold day i find myself talking with harry christophers, the world-acclaimed conductor and director of the sixteen, about le...

Serenhedd James

Ron DeSantis: the Catholic rival feared by Trump

the race to become the republican challenger to joe biden in next year’s presidential election has suddenly started to heat up. republican p...

Nicholas Wapshott

Irish teacher's religious objection to gender affirmation backed by the science

enoch burke was originally suspended from his role as a secondary school teacher at wilson’s hospital school in ireland for refusing to reco...

Dualta Roughneen

UK charity Mary's Meals is feeding 2.5 million vulnerable children - and it needs your help

(photo: little josephine has uk charity mary's meals to thank for her lunch at school every day) in the dry and unforgiving landscape of tur...

The legend of the Minotaur comes to Oxford

the sainsbury exhibition galleries at the ashmolean museum in oxford aren’t the largest space in the world, and on entry labyrinth: knossos,...

Bishops launch new 'academically rigorous' Religious Education Directory

education consultant edmund adamus explains what the catholic education service's new directory will mean for catholic schools in england an...

Today's Conservative Party is no place for Catholics

the catholics in the conservative party group hosted a formal launch event in the houses of parliament last week. the group says it aims to ...