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Derek Ryan

International News

Amy Coney Barrett: The Supreme Nomination

As a result of the recent death of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Coney Barrett has been selected by President...
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Scraps Column

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Last Saturday, I stayed in a hotel in Dublin. I got up for breakfast and ate in a crowded room of over eight other...
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Alive! Book Review of the Month

GIVE: Charity and the Art of Living Generously by Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow

The idea of ‘charity’ as a fundamental good is under threat in the modern world. This may come as a surprise to the many...
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International News

News from the United States

‘My body, my choice’ and the coronavirus Writing for LifeSite News, Jonathon Van Maren, from the United States raises a very pertinent issue in an...
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Alive! Book Review of the Month

Holistic Healing: A Christian Approach by Fr. Pat Collins

Fr. Pat Collins became somewhat of an overnight sensation after he appeared on The Late Late Show discussing what is often presented as the...
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Comment

Insidious

Andrew Doyle, writing in The Spectator (August 8th), asks whether possession of the Bible could be considered a hate crime under proposed legislation in...
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Alive! Book Review of the Month

Patriots: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Pro-Life Movement By Jonathon van Maren

Ireland was described by abortion campaigners as the jewel in the crown of the pro-life movement – and for decades the constitutional protection of...
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Scraps Column

Scraps

Oh, Mary! Mary McAleese finds herself in the news again. Well, she put herself there. She seems to have a habit of treating the Irish...
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