religion and life Indifference to the fate of Middle East Christians has ancient rootsLars Brownworth | 18 April 2013 |tags: Christianity, Egypt, Iraq, Middle East, SyriaThe Western media is using an centuries-old playbook in its treatment of Iraqi, Syrian and Egyptian Christians.  A sense of purposePeter Smith | 09 April 2013 |tags: Margaret Thatcher, obituaries, UKMrs Thatcher’s steely resolve to improve Britain is sorely needed today, but tempered by compassion for the post-industrial working class.  Mea Maxima Culpa: an exposé of an exposéSean Murphy | 02 April 2013 |tags: film reviews, media ethics, sexual abuseThe scandal of an abusive priest in Wisconsin was ghastly enough. But a powerful documentary misrepresents how the Catholic Church dealt with it.  What have those pesky Christians ever done for us?Peter Smith | 28 March 2013 |tags: Christianity, religion, scienceEaster is a good time to do a profit and loss statement on the creed which underpins Western culture.  The truth about the “Dirty War” and the PopePedro Dutour | 26 March 2013 |tags: Argentina, Dirty War, Pope FrancisSmears about the new Pope have echoed around the world. But leading human rights activists in Argentina deny them.  Portrait of a forceful thinkerJorge Bergoglio | 15 March 2013 |tags: education, euthanasia, religion, same-sex marriageAlmost nothing by the new Pope is available in English -- apart from these snippets from his latest book.  Another man from a far countryMichael Cook | 14 March 2013 |tags: Francis, secular humanism, VaticanWill a Pope from Argentina be able to brake the increasing secularisation of life in the West?  Constantine and the birth of religious toleranceVincenzina Santoro | 11 March 2013 |tags: Christianity, history, Roman EmpireIt is exactly 1700 years since the Emperor Constantine gave official recognition to Christianity.  Scotland’s spiritual scandalMichael Cook | 09 March 2013 |tags: BBC, Catholic Church, scandal, ScotlandDisheartened Catholics mustn't waste a good crisis after the disgrace of Cardinal Keith O'Brien.  Moving forward: what name will the next Pope choose?Michael Cook | 01 March 2013 |tags: Catholic Church, papacyThe odds on who will be elected are very long, but we have some good tips on what name he will choose.  Why I will miss Benedict XVIMonique David | 01 March 2013 |tags: abdications, Benedict XVI, Catholic ChurchWisdom, piety, humility, gentleness, intellectual rigour and faith in reason are all marks of this true German Shepherd.  Testimony to a great trustBenedict XVI | 28 February 2013 |tags: abdications, Benedict XVI, Catholic ChurchPope Benedict XVI’s final public address is a testament to Christian faith, hope and love - especially love, the keynote of his pontificate.  The myth of disappearing Lebanese ChristiansMichael Cook | 20 February 2013 |tags: demography, LebanonA bombshell report shows that Christians are making a demographic comeback in Lebanon because of tumbling Muslim birth rates.  A pure, gem-like flameMichael Cook | 12 February 2013 |tags: abdicatiions, Benedict XVI, Catholic ChurchA good man, but a poor Pope? Think again.  Beyond the call of dutyAlex Perrottet | 12 February 2013 |tags: abdicatiions, Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVIYou won’t hear much praise of Pope Benedict XVI from the usual pundits, but what do they know?  Stepping downRobert A. Gahl, Jr | 12 February 2013 |tags: abdications, Benedict XVI, Catholic ChurchA Pope who surprised the world with his gentleness and intellectual clarity had one last surprise up his sleeve.  Shape or be shaped: Christians in an era of marriage declineCarolyn Moynihan | 06 February 2013 |tags: Christianity, divorce, Institute for American Values, young adultsThe religious lives of young people are being damaged by family breakdown, a new report shows. How will churches respond?  Bad ReligionPeter Smith | 23 January 2013 |tags: American exceptionalism, book reviews, religionHow America became a nation of heretics - along with nearly everywhere else.  What do we mean by Islamism?Denis MacShane | 18 January 2013 |tags: Islam, Islamism, UKThe British media and political landscape have obscured an in-depth understanding of Islamism, the ideology, as separate from the Muslim faith. Two books can be a small help.  Disappointment in StrasbourgPeter Smith | 17 January 2013 |tags: religious freedom, secularism, UKReligious freedom in the UK takes another hit in the courts.  UnapologeticFrancis Phillips | 02 November 2012 |tags: book reviews, ChristianityAn unblinking, honest appraisal of what it means to be a believing Christian by a major British writer.  Aggiornamento revisitedEdward Pentin | 30 October 2012 |tags: Catholic Church, Christianity, Vatican IIThe Second Vatican Council was a landmark event whose effects are still being felt in the Catholic Church. Page 1 of 1 : subscribe donate
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