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Christians in Burkina Faso 'do not know if they will survive another day'

attacks against christians in burkina faso are becoming more common and many people do not know if they will survive for another day, accord...
The Catholic Herald

The miracle of Jesus’s conception

science has attempted to explain it, but ties itself in knots. on march 25, we celebrate the feast of the annunciation, also known as the fe...
Fr Robert Verrill OP

The Harpole Treasure gives us a glimpse into Anglo-Saxon England’s great women of faith

archaeologists excavating ahead of a housing development at harpole, near northampton, have discovered an astonishing 7th-century burial. ac...
Francis Young

Harry and Meghan epitomise the standard of an unbelieving world

the whole netflix watching world has been talking about harry and meghan this week.  the fact that their documentary, entitled - y...
Katherine Bennett

Irish Human Rights Commission has forgotten about the right to free speech

last week, the irish human rights and equality commission (ihrec) announced its submission on the general scheme of the health (termination ...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Seeing Spain's history through art

incomparable realms: spain during the golden age, 1500-1700 jeremy robbins reaktion books, £25, 464 pages spain’s golden age spanned the rei...
William Davage

Poland ‘pregnancy register’ highlights culture clash within EU

despite insistences from officials that it represents no such thing, the government of poland is currently facing a tremendous backlash agai...
Staff Reporter

Austen’s extended family affairs

godmersham park  gill hornby cornerstone, £14.99, 416 pages all the sins of empire are being remembered nowadays, heroes judged and fou...
Helena Kelly

From temptation to Transfiguration

on the first two sundays of lent we always hear the same gospel stories, of the temptations of christ in the wilderness and of the transfigu...
Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

What St Thomas Aquinas can teach the teacher

we cannot hope to achieve an end without knowing what the end is. an archer will not hit the bullseye – except by fluke – unless he can see ...
Dominic Sullivan