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who can derail the high-speed eugenics train? sir – sally phillips asks, in her excellent and thought-provoking documentary on down’s syndro...

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A new Stabat Mater for our troubled century

john studzinski remembers the moment he realised the world needed a new stabat mater. he was sitting in a concert hall listening to rossini’...

What comes after the ‘reform of the reform’?

liturgy in the twenty-first century edited by alcuin reid, oremus, £16.99 ‘the reform of the reform” – in other contexts the phrase could ha...

Why not choose our politicians by lots?

against elections by david van reybrouck, bodley head, £9.99 democracy today is in crisis. never in modern history has there been more disco...

Saint of the week: John Paul II (October 22)

secret studies karol wojtyła was born in wadowice, a town in southern poland, on may 18, 1920. his sister, olga, died in infancy before karo...

Pictures of the Week

1 abbot francis baird welcomes three visiting thai buddhist monks to prinknash abbey in cranham, gloucester. 2 archbishop bernard longley an...

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The Church tilts south

With both the Pope and the Jesuit superior general now hailing from Latin America, the centre of Catholic gravity has truly shifted

Inside the Democrats’ Trojan Horse

Leaked emails show that Clinton’s right-hand man helped create Catholic front groups to inspire ‘revolution’. The fall-out is only just beginning

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True Christian charity is more than just making donations, says Pope

Feeding the hungry is an ethical imperative, the Pope told his General Audience today

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