Thank you, Holy Father, but I’m still not joining Twitter
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Francis Phillips
Francis Phillips reviews books for the Catholic Herald.
Is it too late to save marriage?
Thursday, 13 December 2012
The census showed a disturbing trend away from the institution
There has been no debate on gay marriage – that’s why people are so angry about it
Monday, 10 December 2012
The Government has handled this issue extraordinarily badly
Despite secularisation, Ireland remains repulsed by legalised abortion
Friday, 7 December 2012
A deeply pious and conformist Catholic country has become a secular one
Nine out of 10 unborn children found to have Down’s syndrome are aborted. The price of this tragedy is high
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Now the Liverpool Care Pathway, it seems, is being applied to babies with severe long-term disabilities
The Church should not be ashamed of its missionary past
Monday, 3 December 2012
Why are liberal Catholics so self-righteous about the Church in Africa?
How to respond to a young friend who has come under Dawkins’s spell
Friday, 30 November 2012
Neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield makes an interesting critique of “scientism”
The Pope has no power to change the nature of the priesthood. It’s hard for non-Catholics to understand this
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
The Church is not against women priests ‘because the Pope says so’
As a Catholic, the Church of England’s troubles sadden me
Monday, 26 November 2012
And we should not think we are immune from such problems
Faith is not a crutch – it’s a burden
It is much easier not to be a Christian