Life

Are women philosophers different?

metaphysical animals: how four women brought philosophy back to life clare mac cumhaill and rachel wiseman chatto and windus, £25, 416 pages...

Gertrude Clarke

Pain and suffering in God’s broken world

"if you believe in a loving god, why do babies die of leukemia?” i’d never engaged seriously before with the question, but when faced with h...

A thoughtful tale but not a novel

julian barnes has always looked more like a french philosopher than an english novelist. with his latest novel, elizabeth finch, about an ex...

Thinking with Roger Scruton

roger scruton was not a catholic. while this point is uncontested, his relation to christianity has become a point of contention. after his ...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

‘The Stripping of the Altars’, 30 years on

thirty years is a long shelf life for any historical work, and perhaps especially so for a historical work self-consciously designed as a ch...

Odessa bishop claims Putin is "possessed by the Devil"

odessa, ukraine bishop stanislav shyrokoradiuk pulls no punches when asked about russian president putin's motivation for invading ukraine. ...

Aid to the Church in Need appoints new UK director

the uk office of a charity helping persecuted and other suffering christians has announced the appointment of its new chief executive. ...

Ghosts of Poland's past

in school in poland, i was taught about two world wars on the european continent. i never imagined that in the 21st century, i would be...

Ksawery Danilowicz

A year after Pope Francis's historic visit, Iraq's Christians face new threats

there can't be many priests who celebrate mass in an empty church. but the archbishop of mosul, mgr najeeb michaeel, has little choice. most...

Better to keep children chaste than to chasten John Fisher

the problem with the movement designated as d.i.e. (diversity, inclusivity and equality) is that its ‘inclusivity’ has never included christ...