Speculation about how much Leo revised Francis’ draft assumes he bulked out the patristics, putting a theological gloss on the social priorities. But the Church Fathers were pretty bolshy. “I am happy ...
In his first apostolic exhortation, Dilexi te, Pope Leo takes up Francis’ call “that all Christians come to appreciate the ...
Lourdes is a place where “people count” – not just in the sense of looking after each other, but also in the terms of ...
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As Autumn settles in, most parents fall quickly back into a routine of dropping their children at the school gate. Afterwards ...
It is challenging for me to pick one teacher who changed my life, as there are so many to choose from. And there were many ...
Religious art has often involved the creation of allegories – ways of telling stories through the personification of beatific ...
We’re now plumb in the middle of planting season for spring and early summer bulbs. Daffs and tulips, yes, but also camassia, ...
The attack on the Heaton Park synagogue in north Manchester last week during Yom Kippur brought home several unpleasant ...
This year I was perusing Daniel Finkelstein’s Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad, reading about how his parental grandparents felt ...
What sort of leadership is needed in an increasingly testy and grumpy world? At the conclave in May, the cardinals of the Catholic Church quickly settled on a seasoned administrator, smart but humble ...
A year after the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, Jacques Delors – then president of the European Commission – warned that the real challenge of the ...