Conclave: this papal power struggle is high entertainment
Ralph Fiennes gives an all-time best performance in this sumptuous, thrilling drama about appointing a new pope.
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Intermezzo’s God complex
Religion has made Sally Rooney boring.
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The “Catholic vote” is powerful, considering it doesn’t really exist
The Church’s ability to bring partisans together in a polarised nation is indispensable.
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How a radical priest forged my politics
Gustavo Gutiérrez’s revelatory book showed me that faith and economics could not be separated.
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Obedience, disobedience and the demands of the Catholic Church
I find the blind faith of religion unthinkable. Then I remember my servility in love.
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The witchcraft generation
Gen Z is swapping traditional faiths for magic spells.
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England will always get Sinéad O’Connor wrong
Only Ireland could have produced a protest singer like her.
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Britain’s crisis of unbelief
In a nation that binds spiritual and temporal power, will the end of the old metaphysical order threaten the state…
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What is Pope Francis trying to say?
The pontiff has been called a Marxist and a reactionary, but his leadership is more enigmatic.
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Spare us the pseudo-Christian virtue signalling over Nancy Pelosi’s soul
The Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco apparently thinks the Democratic House Speaker is worse than Judas.
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From the NS Archive: The Catholic Revival in France
May 10 1913: It was made obvious to everyone that Catholicism had lost all influence over the intellectual world.
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Homophobic Christians are undermining their Bible
Immature readings of scripture have become a litmus test for conservatives' faith.
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It is blatant hypocrisy for Pope Francis to lecture anyone about violence against women
From opposition to abortion to a reductive view of women’s roles, the Catholic Church should consider its own role in…
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Why the sexual abuse revelations about Catholic clergy in France were grimly unsurprising
The Catholic Church’s defensiveness and culture of secrecy have made it tragically reluctant to admit error and slow to put…
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