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As Biden heads to meet Pope, faith and politics were never further apart
For a political culture that’s talking a lot just now about the breakdown of society, it’s a great shame that almost no-one wants to...
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As UK water crisis deepens, we need to discuss Catholic models of responsible stewardship
In his groundbreaking 2015 ecological encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis devotes an entire section to the moral issues surrounding...
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Rome leads global arguments over need for AI moral framework
In his message for the 58th World Day of Communications, which falls this coming Sunday, May 12th, Pope Francis has expressed his concern...
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Thank goodness for the end of the ‘drop the cap’ debate – but what now?
Yesterday's announcement by Secretary of State for Education Gillian Keegan that the government is finally going to remove the...
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Alpha, asylum seekers and the debate about genuine Christian conversion
When a car bomb exploded outside Liverpool’s Women’s Hospital just before 11am on Remembrance Sunday 2021, it was dismissed as a clumsy...
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It will take more than a referendum to distract from Ireland’s growing migrant crisis
When my parents used to take us back home to spend our summer holidays in County Leitrim, it was for us an idyllic time of immersion in a...
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Euthanasia debate needs to focus more on providing better terminal care than ending lives
As we head into the month of February Pope Francis has issued a very timely announcement that his prayer intention for the month of...
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If we are heading towards a global war, it’s time for faith leaders to take a stand for peace
A couple of years ago if you had the temerity to suggest that Donald Trump might once again become the US president, people would have...