A British woman who has been arrested multiple times for silently praying outside of an abortion clinic, and is now facing new charges, has said that people from the pro-life movement face harsher policing than other groups. Speaking to Crux Now, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, co-director of March for Life UK, said that she and other volunteers…
Catholic leaders in Nigeria‘s Diocese of Otukpo are appealing for prayers following the kidnapping of Fr John Inalegwu Otache, pastor of St Margaret Parish in Ajegbe–Awume. Fr Otache was abducted October 13 while returning home from the town of Otukpo in Benue State after reportedly encountering armed kidnappers on a local road. “It is with…
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have been attacking Palestinians in multiple villages, including the Christian town of Taybeh. Israel has imposed new rules on the olive harvest this year, prohibiting Palestinians from working in what’s known as Area C, which is under Israeli security control and encompasses the majority of the territory’s agricultural…
When churches become theatres Dear Editor, I wish to lend my full support to Bishop Doran of Elphin and Fr Gannon of Boyle on their decision to ban a concert that was to take place in a church there in December. In doing so they are helping to halt the desecration of sacred places that…
The 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously declared, “God is dead; but given the way of men, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown.” Nietzsche here expresses a central claim of the modern era: the non-existence of God and the enduring faith of the foolish—those…
When Jesus blesses the peacemakers in the Sermon on the Mount, he is not talking about people who simply avoid conflict or keep everyone happy. He also promises that those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will have that hunger satisfied (Matt 5:6). The vision of peace that Jesus inherits from Israel’s prophets is inseparable…
Mass readings: Exodus 22:20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10; Matthew 22:34-40. The Sunday Gospel There is an old joke about Stalin, a child and a radio commentator. A child approaches the Soviet dictator and asks, “Comrade Stalin, will you give me a sweet?” Stalin replies with an abrupt command to go away. The radio commentator then…
While studying in Leuven, Belgium, in June 2021, I visited the war cemeteries around Ypres. At Artillery Wood Cemetery, I found the grave of Francis Ledwidge, the Irish poet from Slane, Co. Meath, who was killed near Ypres 1917. In ‘Home’, he writes: “This is a song a robin sang / This morning on a…
We all admire people who are magnanimous. These are people who have a soul that is wide and deep enough to embrace everyone and who have a universal scope to their vision for a better, united and more humane world. The opposite to an Anima Magna or large soul is the Anima Pusilla– the puny…
Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning (15), which explores a form of hi-tech brainwashing, will strike a chord with those of us who were horrified by TikTok’s recent postings of reckless young motorists driving on the wrong side of the road for thrills, and the people who ‘get off’ by watching such carnage. It also made…
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