Catholic education: learning the lessons of the past
BY Liam Gibson
In late September 1979, Pope John Paul II visited the Republic of Ireland. By comparison to the rest of Western…
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In late September 1979, Pope John Paul II visited the Republic of Ireland. By comparison to the rest of Western…
READ MOREby Liam Gibson According to the old joke, in Heaven the cooks are Italian, the mechanics German and the police…
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On 12 July 2012, a Protestant flute band parading through Belfast in Northern Ireland paused in front of St Patrick’s…
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The problems plaguing British society are so deep and so widespread that it is beyond the ability of politics to…
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In a chapel at the north end of the church of Santa Maria della Vita in Bologna, stand seven life-sized…
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As the reality of the Second World War slowly recedes from living memory, its symbolic value continues to expand. However,…
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In a political gesture designed to advance the campaign to decriminalise abortion up to birth in England and Wales, the…
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There are two arguments that the euthanasia lobby consistently uses to promote its cause. The first claims that it is…
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Perhaps no concept in human history could be said to have had such a profound influence in the fields of…
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On Saturday 28 February 1395, Isidore Glabas, bishop of Thessaloniki, in Northern Greece, preached a sermon in which he began…
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One of the most frequently repeated myths about Christmas is that its origins lie in a pagan Roman festival. The…
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This December marks the eight-hundredth anniversary of the institution of the first Christmas nativity scene (presepio in Italian) by St…
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