Life

Condemning Russell Brand will not change the warped culture of relativism which created him

it’s presumptuous of me to begin by quibbling with shakespeare, but he’s dead and i’m feeling a bit kicky this morning. “what’s in a name?” ...
Katherine Bennett

Seriously ill teenager dies fighting mental competence ruling in UK court

a 19-year-old woman with a rare disease has died during a legal fight to circumvent a ruling that she was not competent to make decisions ab...
The Catholic Herald

How the 60s paved the way for today's culture wars

philip larkin, in  annus mirabilis , tells us that:   “sexual intercourse began/in nineteen sixty-three/(which was rather lat...
Anthony McCarthy

How a persecuted Dutch family found asylum in Poland

the fate of children takes a particular centre-stage in the gospels. jesus articulates ethics that warn in the starkest terms about the impo...
Gavin Ashenden

Bandits murder seminarian at Nigerian presbytery

a seminarian died last night when extremists torched a presbytery in nigeria’s kafanchan diocese. the incident took place about 8pm on septe...
The Catholic Herald

'Alert and conscious' 19-year-old put on death pathway against her will

a judge has ruled that an “alert and conscious” adult woman does not have mental capacity because she disagrees with doctors who want to put...
Simon Caldwell

Small Polish town prepares for beatification of whole family killed for saving Jews

kraków, poland – around 11:30 am on september 1, a woman approached the ulma family grave in a markowa cemetery, bowed her head, and prayed....
John Lavenburg

Feast and Fast: Recipes to go with your Michaelmas Goose

fr albert robertson op prepares two dishes to accompany the michaelmas goose at the end of september. after a short assignment to our house ...
Albert Robertson OP

Catholic Good Schools Guide 2023: A-Z of Independent Schools

alton school hampshire headmaster : andrew reeve takes : boys and girls, aged 1-18  alton school is a day school in an old manor house ...
The Catholic Herald

Catholic Good Schools Guide 2023: Top ten senior independent schools

ampleforth college north yorks headmaster : peter roberts takes : boys and girls, aged 13-18 originally founded for 70 boys by the benedicti...
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