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April 3, 2020

A Tribute to Kenny Rogers

The Music Scene pays tribute to the legendary Kenny Rogers… US singer Kenny Rogers spanned folk, psychedelic rock and country music across a six decade career. However, running throughout was a thread of story telling and complex characters, from the paralysed Vietnam veteran in Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love To Town, to the shady passenger... Read More
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October 31, 2019

Inside the Making of an English Saint

Isaac Withers reflects on his experiences of being part of the team who orchestrated the media campaign for the journey to Newman’s canonisation.  John Henry Newman is now St. John Henry Newman, and that simply sounds right. I would like here to just give a few closing thoughts on the experience that our canonisation team... Read More
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October 3, 2019

John Henry Newman: A Model of Courage and Faith

How far would a person go to follow the truth? This is the story of Blessed John Henry Newman — soon to be saint — who will be canonised by Pope Francis at the Vatican on 13 October 2019. Although he died in 1890, Cardinal Newman is a saint for our times and a person... Read More
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September 27, 2018

Bishop Richard Moth: Bringing humanity and hope to prisons

By Bishop Richard Moth, lead bishop for prisons in England and Wales. Recent reports on the state of prisons, such as HMP Birmingham, have demonstrated that the penal system is under severe strain, that some staff are not in control and that prisoners are not being cared for well enough to enable rehabilitation. One of... Read More
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July 24, 2018

Speak out – before pro-life voice is silenced forever

By Caroline Farrow A few weeks ago, I outlined the situation in Ealing, where prayer and offers of help to pregnant women in crisis has been banned thanks to a draconian Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) outside of the Marie Stopes abortion centre. The PSPO does not only simply cover the area directly outside of... Read More
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March 14, 2018

Universe Comment: Faith schools’ admissions cap is discrimination by another name

Universe Comment In a recent column for The Times, former No 10 speechwriter Clare Foges joined the serried ranks of those opposing faith schools by claiming that Prime Minister Theresa May is ‘encouraging segregation’ by proposing to lift the admissions cap on faith schools. It’s an erroneous criticism, one that proved even more upsetting when... Read More
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