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Britain should follow Russia’s lead and urge its citizens to have more children
By on Wednesday, 8 December 2010
You don’t need to ask the experts for a solution to population decline. It stares one in the face: more babies
Now we’re restoring the Friday fast, can we have our Holy Days of Obligation back, too?
By on Wednesday, 8 December 2010
This year, Twelfth Night will be on day eight: give us a break
Why did the secular press get the pope so wrong about condoms?
By on Monday, 6 December 2010
They were not helped by the claims of some Catholics that Catholic teaching on sexuality was collapsing
Our bishops are leading the way towards a Big Society
By on Friday, 3 December 2010
Their support for Coalition reform is brave and bold. But can it do any good?
Debate: Should the Friday Fast be restored?
By on Friday, 3 December 2010
Or should it be left up to individual Catholics to observe?
The Pope believes that dialogue with Islam is crucial
By on Thursday, 2 December 2010
But “dialogue” does not mean we have to water down what we know to be the truth
Let’s move on from condoms. What the Pope said about the priesthood is more interesting
By on Monday, 29 November 2010
Despite the furore over condoms, Light of the World, the book-length interview with Pope Benedict, is about a whole lot more than sex.
Debate: Was the Pope wise to agree to the Peter Seewald interview?
By on Friday, 26 November 2010
Or should he have listened to Fr Lombardi?
George Weigel thinks there is a ‘hollowness’ at the heart of post-Blair Britain
He doesn’t think much of our bishops, either: but what about the US?