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Boiling Britain, booming Manchester and banning social media

Morning all, Mike here, filling in for Ruth this week. What a week it’s been – and only four days long! The hottest ever day in May, temperatures rising in the Labour party, and the not-so-cool news that the UK now has over one million 16- 24 years olds not in employment, education or training (NEETs). A disastrous milestone that underpinned the importance of Alan Milburn’s review into the crisis, which … Continued The post Boiling Britain, booming Manchester and banning social media appeared...

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A ‘Leonine’ Version of Synodality?

A ‘Leonine’ Version of Synodality? From an institutional point of view, the most consequential, long-term legacy left by Pope Francis to his successor is synodality. While Paul VI had conceived and instituted the Bishops’ Synod in 1965, it was not for “synodality” as we think of it now, but was rather an expression of episcopal collegiality between the bishops and the pope. With Francis, the Synod became the culmination of a long process of ecclesial discernment in the sensus fidei, through t...

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Did Farage incite violence with his call for 'pure cold rage'?

Nigel Farage was accused by many in the Commons today of inciting violence with his call for people to respond to a young man’s murder with "pure cold rage". The Reform UK leader explicitly ignored the wishes of Henry Nowak's family - who had urged politicians not to use Henry's death to ramp up tensions - to suggest that the anger seen in Southampton last night could even get worse. As he spoke, he was jeered and accused of hijacking a personal tragedy for political gain. The question perhap...

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