Saints are in the news recently, most especially Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, recently canonised by Pope Leo. I grew up immediately after the Second Vatican Council, and one of the sad things about that time was that devotion to the saints was de-emphasised. I do not think that this was faithful to the…
The Green Party’s proposal of a one-off child benefit payment of €560 for parents in the first month their child is born has met a surprising amount of opposition. Their coalition partners object because it breaches the terms of the Summer Economic Statement, which sets out spending limits for the budget. Others feel that it…