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August 11, 2016
The Walls Are Talking by Abby Johnson, Ignatius Press, £14 Whatever the political upheavals of the last few weeks in Britain, it is safe to say that changing the law on abortion will not be on the agenda. It is too divisive an issue and abortion has become too entrenched in our culture. Aren’t the
August 09, 2016
Katie Roiphe's The Violet Hour examines writers, such as Dylan Thomas and John Updike, 'who have worked through the problem of death in their art'
August 04, 2016
Behind his roll-call of heroic individuals, The God of the Gulag shows how communism finally died from within
August 04, 2016
The God of the Gulag, Vol 1 and Vol 2 by Jonathan Luxmoore, Gracewing, £20 each Jonathan Luxmoore, a writer who has specialised in Church news from Russia and Eastern Europe for many years, has written a superb history of Christian persecution under communism from its inception to its downfall. At 900 pages altogether, it
August 03, 2016
'The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History' exposes the appalling reality under the dictator's regime
July 28, 2016
A photographer has created a beautiful tribute to the 'radical love' of women living eremitical lives
July 27, 2016
Fr Jacques Hamel was one of the legions of humble and unassuming parish priests who offer their whole lives to Christ
July 21, 2016
The author of a new study of Communist persecution tells me why these stories must be kept alive
July 21, 2016
Word Without End: The Mass – Splendor of the Incarnation by Francis J Pierson, £10 (from catholicstore.com) Pierson, an educated Catholic layman but not a professional theologian, has written the best book on the Mass that I have read for a long time. Subtitled How the Power of Love Conquers Man’s Love of Power, the
July 19, 2016
Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano may have been able to quote scripture, but that's no indication of his piety
July 14, 2016
The roll-call of heroes and saints shows just how much courage you needed to live out your faith
July 12, 2016
Former Planned Parenthood employee Abby Johnson explains why 'science, reason and logic' were behind her dramatic change of heart on abortion
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