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The fight for the flag
(5 minutes) Those putting up flags for nationalist ends and those who want to take them down share in the same fundamental error, says Joseph Evans. They both fail to grasp what the flags actually mean.
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“The imposition of radical alone-ness”
(5 minutes) Pray for Albion, says Mary Harrington, after what she calls a ‘clarifying’ week.
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Blessed are the merciful
(8 minutes) Joseph Evans celebrates a pope whose constant instinct was to show mercy first and ask questions later, and considers what qualities will be required from his successor.
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The price of success: rethinking South Korea’s celebrity culture
(5 minutes) After a spate of celebrity suicides, Hanseul Lee thinks it’s time for South Koreans to stop idolising, and then demonising, their K-pop and cinema stars.
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“May your storytelling also be hopetelling”
(6 minutes) Pope Francis calls on journalists to remember the greatness of their mission.
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Learning history’s lessons: how martial law was resisted in South Korea
(4 minutes) Hanseul Lee describes the dramatic role of young people in defending the nation’s democratic institutions.
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Imagining peace: thoughts on the Good Friday Agreement, 25 years on
(8 minutes) Monica Sharp celebrates the 25th anniversary of the “Good Friday” Agreement, a ground-breaking treaty ending years of violence in Northern Ireland, which came into law on 2 December 1999.
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What hope for peace in the Middle East?
(7 minutes) Firas Modad argues that the religious underpinning of Jewish and Muslim positions in the current conflict in Palestine and Lebanon makes peace a very distant prospect. But still there is hope.
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Could do better: human dignity, what it is and how we could respect it more
(8 minutes) As much as our age claims to respect human dignity, it often fails to do so. Joseph Evans examines a just published Church document which argues we have much room for improvement.
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Dangers and opportunities: the role of religion in the Israel-Hamas war
(5 minutes) The leader of Singapore's Muslims, Nazirudin Mohd Nasir, argues that religion does not have to cause war: it could be used to end the fighting between Israelis and Palestinians.
