Book burning verdict sees blasphemy laws return, but the logic is dangerously flawed
When 50 year old Hamit Coskun set out from his Midlands home on 13th February to travel to London, he had protest in mind. What he wasn’t...
Gen Zs are seeking out the Church in numbers – and we need to be there for them
The publication this week of new research into changing patterns of church attendance has caused something of a stir in religious circles,...
Whatever Rachel Reeves may think, slashing benefits won’t build a better Britain
It might not have seemed like it today, but when Rachel Reeves became Chancellor of the Exchequer on 5th July last year it was a defining...
Is Canada’s Mark Carney the man to challenge the rise of toxic global politics?
It may not have attracted quite as much comment and controversy as the second arrival of Donald Trump, but today’s swearing in of Mark...
How actor Michael Sheen’s £1 million debt giveaway has exposed UK’s looming poverty crisis
In many respects Channel 4’s screening yesterday of the documentary Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway couldn’t have been...
As Health Secretary ponders radical NHS reform, Musk’s ‘five task’ memo approach won’t work here
When it was revealed this week that Elon Musk had sent an email to tens of thousands of US federal workers asking them to list five tasks...
In wake of Sheffield school tragedy, government must rethink its priorities on UK education system
When it comes to education, the great playwright and political activist George Bernard Shaw has a lot to answer for. If you look around...
As the dust settles on the US election, what now for global politics and morality?
As the USA and a nervously waiting world waits to see what impact the 47th President of the United States is going to have on domestic and...
It would be better if society started looking at young people in a more positive light
What with one thing or another, the proclamations that have come out of our new government’s first Party conference so far have been...
Maximilian Kolbe: a light in the darkness of a still dangerous world
When Pope Francis made an apostolic visit to Poland for World Youth Day 2016, he made a particular point of paying a visit to the site of...
As UK enters new political era, it’s time to put Catholic social teaching into practice
In a week where the United Kingdom has moved into a new era in its political leadership, it was apposite that Pope Francis should have...
The veneration of relics is our bridge to the greater meaning of life
I have to confess when it comes to the veneration of relics I’m somewhat torn. On the one hand the historian within me is obsessive about...