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To love, a parent must sometimes say 'no'

hadley freeman stated the obvious in the sunday times , namely that the price for being a good parent is hatred. freeman was speaking out ag...

Tory party is 'natural home' of Catholics, says Rees-Mogg

on wednesday evening last week, the catholics in the conservative party group hosted a formal launch event in the houses of parliament.&nbsp...

A Hebridean wander with Kenneth Clark

at school in the late 1970s, practically the only television we were allowed to watch was kenneth clark’s civilisation on sunday afternoons ...

BBC ‘Woman's Hour’ grills nurse on Christian beliefs in trans-related changing room dispute

a darlington nurse was interrogated about her christian beliefs on the bbc's famous woman's hour radio show, being grilled on whether those ...

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‘Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism’ highlights constant Catholic thread through historical upheavals

despite the resulting popular legend, protestant reform in great britain did not consign catholicism to historical oblivion; for too long, b...

A new slant on timeless tales

greek myths: a new retelling charlotte higgins jonathan cape, £20, 336 pages ________ in ancient greek, mythos simply meant a traditional st...

French dressing: Napoleon is too fast

ridley scott’s latest historical blockbuster napoleon whizzes through the emperor’s action-packed life, says ferdie rous. in this highly epi...

Are Catholics really fleeing to the fields to escape modernity's mess?

if, like me, you spend a little too much time on catholic twitter – or should i say x – then you might in the past few weeks have scrolled p...

Portia Berry-Kilby

Persecution of Christians prompts rights groups to urge U.S. to treat Nigeria as 'country of concern'

us president joe biden is facing demands from human rights groups to formally recognise the religious persecution of christians in nigeria. ...

Emanuela Orlandi to be back in the spotlight in 2024

rome – if she’s somehow still alive, today would mark emanuela orlandi’s 56 th  birthday. in the popular mind, however, especially here...