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This walking-stick was given by Cardinal Edward Manning (1808-92) to London dock-worker Daniel O’Sullivan in recognition of services rendered during the Great Dockers’ strike which began on 14th August 1889 in support of a claim for 6d an…
The assisted suicide bill being brought to Parliament – framed by its supporters as a loving response to the suffering caused by terminal illness – calls into question a fundamental aspect of our faith: the nature and meaning of love. And I…
On this feast in 1830, St John Henry Newman preached a sermon ‘Vanity of Human Glory’. He said that while ‘little is known’ of these saints, an important lesson can be drawn from their example: ‘to do our duty without aiming at the…
On 24th October, Pope Francis released his fourth Encyclical Letter on the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus, entitled He highlights the Letter's invitation to 'anyone who is broken-hearted, or feeling empty of heart, or yearning for…
St John Paul II is widely accepted as having made a major contribution to the 1989 downfall of the Soviet regime. For him this was the victory of the Christian vision of the human person, over the Marxist one. The truth about Man ‘will out’…