Marriage equality is a worthy cause, and UK laws rightly ban discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. But a legal case by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland against a bakery unhelpfully confuses different issues. Marriage equality is a worthy cause,...
I once heard it said that we will never stop going to war until we have the courage to admit that many of the lives lost are simply wasted, sacrificed for nothing. This is a terrible thing to admit, especially for the bereaved, but if it will prevent other young lives...
The meaning and integrity of any creative work – literary, musical or visual – inheres in completeness. Imagine Beethoven’s last symphonic work without the great choral cry of “Freude!” Or Shelley’s Ozymandias shorn of its final four lines and thus reduced...
Our colleagues at Pax Christi UK, part of the international Catholic peace movement, have put out a statement following consultation with members, and a link to resources around Remembrance. Our colleagues at Pax Christi UK, part of the international Catholic peace...
Red, white, purple or any combination thereof. The hue of the poppy we wear should be the choice of an informed conscience. To be coerced into a symbol, for whatever reason and by whatever means, immediately invalidates its significance. Red, white, purple or any...
