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Whichever candidate emerges triumphant in the French presidential elections, which begin next weekend, there are fears that hard times lie ahead. Pessimism about the economy and disillusionment with the political class is fuelling apathy and support for the far Left Free

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Listen to the People Free

Catholicism’s reputation as a monolithic belief system is plainly no longer deserved. The latest evidence comes from what was until not long ago one of the most conservative parts of Western Catholicism, the Catholic Church in Ireland. A new survey ...

Extradition and injustice

British Home Secretaries have rarely been freedom’s best friend. Various measures coming forward from Theresa May, the present incumbent, are squarely within that tradition.

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Pope hits out at reform-minded priests during Chrism Mass
Accuses them of forcing own agenda on Church

At this Holy Mass our thoughts go back to that moment when, through prayer and the laying on of hands, the bishop made us sharers in the priesthood of Jesus Christ, so ...

Bishop Davies warns Britain not to extinguish Christianity
Says nation would become susceptible to 'any passing ideology'

"Christ your Son coming back from death's domain, has shed his peaceful light on humanity ..." (The Easter Proclamation)

This we sang amid the shadows of our Cathedral ...

Features

Hands across to the Holy SeeJames Roberts A week before Easter the English College in Rome played host to a colloquium celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of full diplomatic relations between Britain and the Vatican. Our foreign editor was there to hear the thoughts of leading historians and authorities on diplomacy and ecumenism...	Guidance for good shepherdsChristoph Schönborn A group of priests in Austria has urged the Church to rethink its position on a range of issues including remarriage for divorcees and same-sex partnerships. At the start of Holy Week, the Cardinal Archbishop of Vienna offered the following guidance to his priests at the Chrism Mass...
A city’s legacy of lossAndy Bull Nearly as many people from Southampton perished when the Titanic sank as civilians were killed by enemy bombs in the city during the Second World War. For many of their descendants, the commercial aspects of the hundredth anniversary of the sinking this weekend leave a bitter taste...	Faithful criticsSean McDonagh A new survey of Catholics in Ireland finds them overwhelmingly in favour of allowing priests to marry and of ordaining women to the priesthood. The research shows that Mass attendance is among the highest in Europe but that believers are critical of the Church’s leaders...

Strategy to reverse the exitJohn Deehan

It has long been a cause for concern that many older children and teenagers stop going to Mass immediately after being confirmed. Here, a priest makes the case for a return to administering the sacrament to much younger children...

Plans for the summerN. O'Phile

I remember that the first time I wrote something for this slot I mentioned two wines that were local to Lourdes, and recommended them both enthusiastically....

Columnists

David Blair

‘A sensible US policy would lift the embargo while the Castros are still alive’

Laurence Freeman

‘Moving can be a great, rejuvenating life teaching, especially in the Easter season’

Books and arts

Polymath with a loaded gun Free
Strindberg: a life
Sue Prideaux
Arthur Miller described the nineteenth-century Swedish playwright August Strindberg as “the mad inventor of modern theatre’’. Sean O’Casey added: “Strindberg, ...

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