This article, written by Henry Hepburn, appeared in TESS on Friday 8th October 2010. Deep concerns are emerging about “illiterate” teaching of religious and moral education. Catholic educators and humanists alike say they feel marginalised, despite read more
A new series on BBC2, beginning on Friday 22 October, explores the journey of five people from very different backgrounds who decided to step back from their hectic lives and experience silence. In an extract from a book to supplement The Big Silence, Breread more
“The Crown’s Oldest Diplomatic Relationship Is With the Papacy” This is the text of an address given on 14th October 2010 by Francis Campbell, the U.K. ambassador to the Holy See, at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Newcastle. * * * The UK,read more
This is the address of Pope Benedict XVI, given on Sunday 31st October before praying the midday Angelus together with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square. The evangelist St. Luke pays special attention to the theme of Jesus’ mercy. In his naread more
Ignorance of the faith puts Christians at risk of following a “do-it-yourself” religion, Pope Benedict XVI has said. People need to become more familiar with the Creed because it is there that the “Christian moral life is planted and … one findsread more
