Oprah: America’s most powerful religious leader
This review originally appeared in The Catholic Herald. Oprah: Gospel of an Icon By Kathryn Lofton University of California Press, £15.95 Kathryn Lofton is an assistant professor of American Studies...
View ArticleReview: Paul Carr, The Upgrade: A Cautionary Tale of Life Without Reservations
In some circles it’s considered bad form to review books in which you appear. Fortunately for you, I don’t move in those circles. Because as one of this volume’s (admittedly minor) characters, I’m...
View ArticleThe Catholic Bishops’ Conference urgently needs to overhaul its website
This column originally appeared in The Catholic Herald. One of the most appealing things about Pope Benedict XVI is that he can communicate subtle ideas in simple language. His prose is clear and...
View ArticleThe BBC’s coverage of World Youth Day has been a disgrace
This post originally appeared in The Catholic Herald. It comes to something when I when I find myself agreeing with the Guardian‘s Andrew Brown, and yet here we are. His blog post yesterday drew...
View ArticlePope Benedict XVI has youth on his side
This column originally appeared in The Catholic Herald. The sight of more than a million young people turning out to welcome Pope Benedict XVI to Madrid for World Youth Day was extraordinary – which is...
View ArticleCovering the Pope: a guide for journalists
This post originally appeared at The Catholic Herald. Imagine you’re a newly minted BBC News intern. You bound into the office on your first day, your 2:1 in Media Studies and Digital Production from...
View ArticleYousef Nadarkhani: why the media blackout?
This column originally appeared in The Catholic Herald. The contrast between what we might call “deserving” and “undeserving” Death Row-ers has been thrown into sharp relief with the news that Iranian...
View ArticleAdrian Smith is a role model for modern Britain’s persecuted Christians
Originally published at The Catholic Herald. Thank the Lord that Adrian Smith, the man shamefully demoted and humiliated in one of the most outrageous assaults on private Christian conscience in recent...
View ArticleThe BBC would change if we had Veronica’s courage
This column originally appeared in The Catholic Herald Horrific though the revelations are about Christians being persecuted abroad, and frustrating though it is that David Cameron seems focused on...
View ArticleMo Ansar, the bogus Muslim ‘theologian’ who defends slavery and says Muslims...
‘Community activist’ Mo Ansar is a regular guest on the BBC who presents himself as the face of moderate Islam Yet Ansar is a fantasist and Walter Mitty character who supports slavery and has promoted...
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