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April 04, 2024

Europe’s liberal governing classes would have endless mass-migration and the ‘self destruction’ of traditional Europe: Catholic teaching shows us how to avoid both

April 04, 2024

What’s really behind the “migrant crisis”? Is it even a “crisis” anymore or has a normality been begrudgingly accepted that the borders of the ancient nations of Europe are now completely porous to the multitudes, which invariably includes criminals, terrorists and persons with no intention of assimilating to the religious or cultural landscape in which

Feast of Divine Mercy Sunday to be offered up for a ‘hurting world’

April 04, 2024

The Feast of Divine Mercy Sunday is occurring this weekend on 7 April. Celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday focuses on the gift of mercy and love given through Christ’s death, burial and resurrection. “Our goal [is] to show to the contemporary lost man the richness of God’s Mercy, from the

Children at Mass: Why are some people so intolerant?

April 04, 2024

I have just stomped in from an otherwise lovely day celebrating our eldest child reaching double figures. Children being rather more sophisticated today than they were in the 1980s – when the local Happy Eater represented the acme of fine dining for a 10-year-old – my son had requested lunch at our provincial branch of

Italy’s radical Islam problem highlighted in undercover documentary

April 04, 2024

A recent undercover investigation by an Italian news program has cast a troubling light on problems being caused by radical Islam in Italy, and which are gradually changing the fabric of society in a country that used to be a bastion of Catholicism in Europe. Aired by the Italian news programme Fuori dal Coro (Outside the Chorus)

Catholicism has a much-needed place in Public Office – but we need to articulate it better

April 04, 2024

We talk easily about faith and public service: education, medicine, law and order. Few Catholics would abstain from voting. And yet we have a reticence when it comes to talking about faith and public office. Electoral politics is tough and messy. It has an adversarial nature, like our judicial system or broadcast media. It is

‘The Silencing of Democracy in Nicaragua’: UK Parliament releases findings on scale of oppression by Ortega regime

April 04, 2024

The UK Parliament has released the findings of a report into the oppression of religious leaders, media and political opposition in Nicaragua. “The Silencing of Democracy in Nicaragua” was launched under the auspices of three All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs), to consider the situation in Nicaragua and the ever-growing targeting of anyone critical of the Nicaraguan government.