Friday 17 April 2026
THE Church of England has recognised the wrong done to many unmarried mothers in the post-war years. In the moralising atmosphere of that time, they were made to carry a weight of guilt and shame
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The label, usually applied to the workplace, now also describes unions that are in managed decline, writes Simon Parke
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CHRISTIAN foster carers and charities have welcomed new rules announced by the Government last week to “bring fostering into the 21st century”
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One hundred and fifty years after her birth, Gwen John’s work and words have come together in an exhibition. Ayla Lepine visits it
Paul Vallely explains the reasons for deterioration in Vatican-US relations
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