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“The ultimate rhyme and rhythm is the life of the Trinity”
(6 minutes) Priest and poet Joseph Evans talks in this interview about his collection of poems When God Hides and the close relationship between poetry and spirituality.
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The surprisingly modern Don Quixote
(5 minutes) Ivor Starkey finds that the 17th Spanish classic still has much to teach us in the high-tech 21st century.
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A crisis of confidence: what future for the West?
(8 minutes) Seeing the Western world’s Christian heritage as ‘unwanted baggage’ only puts at risk our future, argues Toby Lees.
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The Existential Bob Dylan
(10 minutes) Michael Kirke celebrates a modern-day Homer who, guitar in hand, has sung his epic as the great Greek bard did centuries ago with his lyre.
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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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Ten steps to renew inter-religious relations
(10 minutes) Joseph Evans offers a practical ‘decalogue’ which could help religions engage in positive discussion and action for the good of all concerned.
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The friendship of a saint (part 1)
(8 minutes) In this article, to be published in two parts over two weeks, Paul Shrimpton looks at the life of the English saint John Henry Newman who taught both by example and word what it means to be a true friend.
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How to stop the West from falling apart
(8 minutes) Jenny Sinclair believes that Catholic Social Thought can save us from the social fragmentation which is afflicting the Western world.
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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.
