This turbulent priest
This turbulent priest
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The death of the local community
In this week's episode I ponder the breakdown of the parish system and of local community in recent years and its impact on the faith and life of England.
Catholicism didn't abandon the left, the left has abandoned Catholicism
In this week's episode I ponder why Christianity has been largely abandoned by all political parties but especially the left, which once had a strong alliance with Catholicism in working class areas of Britain. I ask how Christians should engag...
Does the world need a new 'just war' theory?
In this week's episode I share my concerns that global conflict is in the air and ask if the complexities of modern warfare make a traditional understanding of just war theory somewhat obsolete and difficult to discern. Is it time for the churc...
A blessing too far: when ecumenism forgets truth
In this week's episode I ponder the scandal that was caused when the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullaly, gave an apparent blessing in the basilica of St Peter in Rome and, more alarmingly, when a Catholic prelate appeared to accept it...
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Great series of podcasts! I'm especially interested in English Catholicism which is quite different to what we have here in Ireland. Paul
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