This is your opportunity to transform British society
A few short weeks ago Catholic voluntary sector leaders gathered at Liverpool Hope University to debate how they might encourage a “deeper social engagement”, and enhance the Catholic community’s...
View ArticleWho would you rather the tax-avoiding rich gave their money to: charities or...
Here’s a question: would you rather rich people’s taxes went to Macmillan Cancer Support, Save the Chidren, Help the Aged, university bursaries for poor students, free entry to our museums and hospice...
View ArticleThe devotion of Rome’s Christian Empresses to saints is a model for our...
Never mind Mary Beard’s hair and teeth, or her clothes – all of which have been the subject of an infantile discussion online – what really matters about her is her scholarship and, perhaps even more...
View ArticleWhen the crowd at Mandela’s memorial service booed Jacob Zuma an important...
Something exceptionally important has happened in South Africa at the memorial event staged for the late Nelson Mandela. The current president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, was booed, repeatedly booed,...
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Work of ARCIC irrelevant to most Christians, says Lord Carey
Catholics and Anglicans involved in formal ecumenical dialogue might as well be “talking on the moon” because no one is listening to them, a former Anglican leader has said. Lord Carey of Clifton said...
View ArticleThe Catholic civil rights hero who really deserves a statue
Earlier this month brought the news that Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi will be honoured with a statue in Parliament Square, joining the ranks of other dignitaries immortalised in stone...
View ArticleBishops’ agency criticises Autumn Statement for ignoring the working poor
The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on Wednesday missed the opportunity to help working families, especially those in low-paid work, according to an agency of the bishops’ conference. “It is a shame that...
View ArticleMusic Review: A great choral factory tunes up for Britain
A few weeks ago I was rash enough to sign off a newspaper piece with the assertion that however much Simon Rattle might want London to have a new concert hall, there would never be the political will...
View ArticleBudget will have severe consequences for society’s most vulnerable, says...
The social action arm of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has said that the Government’s Budget announcement today will have “severe consequences” for society’s most vulnerable individuals....
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