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by Liam Gibson On 1 February 2022, it became an offence in Northern Ireland to smoke in a car where…
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Meditation from Divine Intimacy, by Fr Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen OCD At the start of Lent, we happily take on voluntary…
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by Roberto de Mattei At present, I am rereading a beautiful novel, Le Démon de midi by Paul Bourget, who lived between…
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by Maria Madise The first part of this article considered how at the beginning of the Second Vatican Council, a schema…
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by Cristiana de Magistris One of the first Oratorians, a certain companion of St Philip Neri, is known to have…
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by Maria Madise The first part of this article considered how, at the beginning of the Second Vatican Council, a schema…
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by Joseph Shaw Since 2004, with a break in 2020 for COVID, the Archdiocese of Westminster has supplied an auxiliary…
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by Maria Madise Addressing Voice of the Family’s Rome Life Forum, shortly before his death in 2017, Carlo Cardinal Caffarra,…
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