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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 acceptable face of hardline secularism

November 03, 2016

Despite his Catholic background, Canada’s Justin Trudeau has neglected the elderly, the unborn and even the environment in favour of identity politics

Bishops urge Scottish Catholics to ‘shape a better society’ by taking active role in politics

April 05, 2016

A letter signed by the Bishops of Scotland instructs Catholics to have 'greater participation in the political process'

Why a Catholic will never lead Labour

August 06, 2015

Once inspired by Methodism and Catholic Social Teaching, the party has now become hostile to the faithful – and things can only get worse