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Has multiculturalism helped to tear our society apart? And was Tariq Jahan’s noble behaviour an implicit rejection of it, an appeal to common values?
By on Friday, 12 August 2011
The inquest continues; this is an important question we need to resolve
The Malaysian riots’ victim is a brilliant ambassador for his country and his faith
By on Friday, 12 August 2011
But where were the Catholics in all this?
Why didn’t the looters’ parents know where they were? Why didn’t they teach them about right and wrong? Answer: society has undermined the family
By on Thursday, 11 August 2011
We need to back the authority of parents, police, teachers. ‘Children’s rights’ has led to disaster
World Youth Days are not debauched rock festivals, but joyful encounters with Christ
By on Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Let’s cease the jeremiads
I hope these riots are a wake-up call. Otherwise, London could end up as lawless as Nairobi
By on Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Tough decisions lie ahead
Is the National Catholic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) out to get Fr Z? If so, they would be wise to think again
By on Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Persecuting orthodox bishops is one thing: but this target bites back
My summer reading list: Virgil and Dickens. All the best writers are long dead
By on Monday, 8 August 2011
Virgil is wiser than Homer; Dickens is at his best in The Pickwick Papers
Has a Dutch-style ‘Tesco spirituality’ spread to the English Church, too?
By on Monday, 8 August 2011
A Protestant minister in the Netherlands believes there is no life after death and that God is a ‘human experience’
Christianity is no longer the soul of public life: that’s why anarchy broke out last week
I felt depressed at the scenes on our streets, but not actually surprised