This turbulent priest
This turbulent priest
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The spectre of WW3 and the faith of England
With much doom and gloom in the media about prepping for a new war with Russia I thought I would reflect on what national disaster, of any description, might mean for Christianity in England.
Why the Anglican "Save the parish" movement resonates with Catholics too.
In this week's episode I ponder how the insights of Rev Marcus Walker's "Save the parish" movement in the Church of England resonate on this side of the Tiber as well...
Are Catholic schools Catholic anymore?
In this week's episode I ask the uncomfortable but important questions about Catholic education. Is there an impossible tension in the current culture when we try to run Catholic schools within a secular curriculum? What does it mean for a scho...
Is judgement to be avoided or embraced?
In this week's episode I ponder why modern culture abhors the notion of "judging others", acting as if personal choices have no moral value, even as it itself judges others harshly and shows no mercy whatsoever within a cancel culture.
Jason Arday; symptom not cause of Cambridge's crisis
In this episode I show how Jason Arday is the most boring aspect of the tumult surrounding his appointment at Cambridge University. The real villain is an intransigent modernist ideology that demands blind obedience and therefore de...
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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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