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Ed West is the features editor of the Catholic Herald and a blogger for the Daily Telegraph. He writes about politics, religion and culture.

The family that made England

Richard II

Ed West is impressed by a superbly told history of medieval England

Archbishop welcomes athletes to London 2012 Olympics

Olympic Stadium

Vincent Nichols looks forward to building a ‘fraternity of peace’ through games

Greed at the top

Has City dominance of the British economy gone too far?  Carl Court/PA Wire

Ed West applauds Ferdinand Mount for taking on the sharp divide between rich and poor in Britain

‘Just buttoning my shirt is a daily battle’

Foppe, aged 6, with his father, and Pope Paul VI

John Foppe tells Ed West that his faith has helped him to become a father, speaker and leader despite being born with no arms

Fox News correspondent to be Vatican communications adviser

Greg Burke pictured this week in Rome (CNS photo/Chris Warde-Jones)

Greg Burke will bring extensive experience of print and television journalism

Church leaders to join Jubilee Pageant

Archbishop of Westminster to lead prayers at Westminster Cathedral

Go-ahead for Catholic schools in Richmond

Diocese of Westminster wins battle to establish secondary school in south London borough

‘My diocese is ridden by war and slavery’

BISHOP MACRAM GASSIS OF SUDAN PICTURED IN ROME

Ed West meets Bishop Macram Max Gassis, the prelate punished by the Sudanese state when he exposed its atrocities in Darfur

Medical guidelines may create an ‘atmosphere of fear’, says bishop

Bishop Williams urges doctors to respond to a consultation about the guidelines (PA photo)

Bishop says GMC’s draft guidelines do not have a ‘balanced’ view of faith

The quest to discover the origins of Islam begins

Ed West welcomes a new book that sheds light on the mysterious birth of the Islamic faith