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Ed West

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 rise of the new super elite

Ed West says that Charles Murray’s careful study of America’s growing social divide is disturbing

Irish ‘Catholic Voices’ is established

Catholic Comment will be similar to successful UK media-trained lay group established before Papal Visit

Catholic Youth Ministry aims to fill out Wembley Arena for Olympic event

Wembley Arena (Photo: Anthony Devlin/PA)

Event inspired by Papal Visit has already sold 7,000 tickets

Queen’s cousin: Abortion Act was doomed to fail

Lord Nicholas Windsor, with wife Lady Paola Windsor, at last year's royal wedding David Jones/PA Archive/Press Association Images

Lord Nicholas Windsor attacks legacy of “defeatist, unjust” 1967 Abortion Act in outspoken Catholic Herald interview

Abuse victim tells bishops of her suffering

Marie Collins, right, with Baroness Hollins (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

In her address Marie Collins calls for stronger penalties for bishops and other Church leaders who cover up abuse

English Heritage blocks Ince Blundell Hall sale

Augustinian Canonesses hope that sale of Roman and Greek marbles will help them to maintain nursing home

Former Man United footballer to become a priest

Mulryne during his Manchester United days (Tom Honan/EMPICS Sport)

Phil Mulryne, once a teammate of Ryan Giggs and David Beckham, is now a seminarian in Rome

Pope Benedict features in new illustrated children’s book

The illustrations are by watercolourist Ann Kissane Engelhart

‘Be Saints’ recalls the Holy Father’s meeting with young people at the Big Assembly in Twickenham

Caritas supports Lords over child benefit cap

The House of Lords voted to exclude child benefit from the Government's proposed benefits cap (PA)

Blocking Government reforms was “vital to protect children facing poverty”

Report claiming rise in ‘unsafe’ abortions worldwide is disputed

The logo of the World Health Organization is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva (AP)

Pro-life groups says that the evidence of a rise is ‘dubious’