Catholics, Trump and the dangerous temptation to put politics before faith
There has already been a fair amount of head-scratching in Republican circles this morning as the scale of the party’s
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A Budget that offered a little breathing space, but precious little hope
There was something rather revealing about Chancellor John Healey’s announcement on Wednesday that some 20 million households are to receive
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Stockpiling food and water may be sensible, but who is looking out for those who have nothing to spare?
For those of us old enough to remember it, there was something distinctly reminiscent of the old Cold War years
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Britain needs more understanding of religion, not less — so why is the BBC cutting back?
The news that the BBC is planning substantial cuts to its Religion and Ethics department will come as a disappointment
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Holborn and St Pancras, political tribalism and a Catholic way of doing politics
British politics has always been a funny old business, and this week has certainly been no exception. After what has
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Parliament’s rejection of the assisted dying bill is a moment for gratitude — and renewed responsibility
There will be a great many Catholics who breathed a substantial sigh of relief this afternoon when MPs rejected the
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As world braces for El Niño crisis — are we prepared to change?
If reports in some sections of the media this past week are to be taken seriously, looming changes to global
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The Ukraine war must end before escalation acquires a logic of Its own
There was something unfashionably simple about the message delivered in Moscow on Tuesday by Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Holy See’s
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The problem with ill-conceived public information leaflets, and need for moral certainty in society
Over the years, public information leaflets produced by governments have tended to be received with little enthusiasm and have often
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As another 230,000 young people plan to head to university, what does their future really hold?
Coming against the background of the Jason Arday affair, this week’s announcement of record exam passes has given an even
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Jason Arday controversy is not just about academia, it’s about how we shape the fabric of human society
There’s an old adage that says “if you think of something brilliant, it’s probably been thought of before.” The German
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Ceuta incident highlights urgent need for the migration narrative to change
Sometimes it is unanticipated events that ignite the most powerful arguments, and few can have been more incendiary than scenes
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Does government’s early commitment to ending homelessness signal at last a new way of doing politics?
Quite a few things have been learned from Andy Burnham’s first week as prime minister, not least that the new
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Andy Burnham says “I have a plan” for Britain; here’s hoping it includes our dying steel industry
Yesterday’s announcement that the House of Commons has now created the powers to nationalise the British steel industry has been
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Ann Widdecombe: formidable politician, parliamentary protagonist and defender of free speech
The absolutely dreadful and apalling news that veteran MP and pro-life campaigner Ann Widdecombe may have been murdered in her
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US President may be ignoring the heatwave at Mount Rushmore, but he can’t ignore Pope Leo
As we head into the weekend and what looks like another major heatwave, there has been no shortage of speculation
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King Charles may yearn to shed his ‘Defender of the Faith’ obligation, but it’s a profoundly unwise move
When the Royal Household published their 2025-6 Sovereign Grant Report last Thursday, it was always expected that there would be
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Will Andy Burnham’s model of subsidiarity work for a broken Britain?
Even with the World Cup going on, and Donald Trump lauding an Iran peace deal, there always going to be
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Welfare or warfare, and why governments need to rethink the morality of defence spending
Whatever one’s position on defence spending and the morality of warfare, the resignation of two government defence ministers over charges
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Hard questions, but society must find the right response to the Henry Nowak murder
The harrowing and deeply disturbing police bodycam footage of the final moments of 18-year-old Southampton-based student Henry Nowak has not
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The crisis of youth unemployment and confronting the already-present dangers of AI
As one of the longest encyclicals ever published, Pope Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas represents a monumental reappraisal of many aspects of
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