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In praise of libraries
(5 minute read) Don’t take for granted the treasure on your doorstep - as libraries in various countries are opening up again, Prakarsh Singh sings their praises.
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No turning back …
(2 minute read) A Spanish conquistador teaches Nicole Law that the Easter season is also a time for courage.
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“All truth leads us to God”
(9 minute read) Ricardo Mendes Ribeiro is a professor of physics at the University of Minho in Portugal. In this interview he talks about the relationship between science and faith, the Big Bang theory, Galileo, and the recent Nobel Prize in physics.
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Wisdom from the East (End)
(7 minute read) The musings of a simple London woman about the arrival of television to post-war Britain teaches Adam Brocklehurst the folly of trying to hold onto the past.
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Discovering feminism’s roots
(9 minute read) Jennifer E. Morel follows the trail of the feminist movement and is surprised to find herself journeying back to the ancient Greeks, the beginnings of Christianity and the Middle Ages.
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Time for a Magnificent Marvellous Monday …
(1 minute read) Nicole Law offers a few tips on how to change your perspective on life.
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Preventing and healing childhood sexual abuse …
(7 minute read) Tyler VanderWeele, Director of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University, offers grounds for hope.
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Easter ‘21: rising from the pandemic
Easter is one of those feasts which goes under several disguises. Chocolate-fest, spring break, holiday weekend … yet rarely is it recognised for what it is, namely the Christian feast which requires the ultimate leap of faith. For if truth be told, even a benign agnostic or distracted atheist could just about cope with the miraculous Jesus who cures the sick, walks on lakes or turns water into wine. But when it comes to rising, physically, to life after being dead and buried, well, that really is a leap of faith. Yet that is what 2.382 billion human beings or 31.11 per cent of the world’s population will be officially…
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The road back to me
(6 minute read) As the anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul II approaches, Ida Nieves recalls watching his funeral and experiencing a profound change in her life.
