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‘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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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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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

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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Cardinal Pell – acquitted but many want him to be guilty

Cardinal George Pell was released from jail on Tuesday 7th of April after the High Court in Australia acquitted him on five historical child...
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Alive! Book Review of the Month

The Genius Factory: The Curious History of the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank

By David Plotz The Genius Factory, or the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank, was a fascination for many in the 1980’s after assisted reproduction started to...
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Alive! Book Review of the Month

Fools, Frauds and Firebrands by Roger Scruton

Roger Scruton died in January after a six-month battle with cancer. He died after a much longer battle with people who did not like...
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Religious Persecution – UK Report should be a wake-up call to Ireland

The Anglican Bishop of Truro, Rev Philip Mountstephen, recently...
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Insidious

Andrew Doyle, writing in The Spectator (August 8th), asks...
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