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Ed West reminds us that: The horrific abuse committed by Catholic priests, and the cover-ups by bishops, has given the neo-Bolshevik New Atheists a spring in their step, and led to ever increasing levels of hostility to Catholicism. But it’s worth remembering that, terrible though those crimes were, far, far more terrible things have been done in the name of progress, equality and the pursuit of heaven on earth than in the name of God. Happy Easter. here

Archbishop of NSW Peter Jensen raises an interesting point about modern society and individualism contributing to loneliness. I've long thought this was the case, personally.

Scott Monk argues that the Bible should be part of the National Curriculum. His final point might disgust you, or you might find it particularly potent..or just thought provoking. For me it's mostly the last one.

They’re unpopular ideas—exactly as they were 2000 years ago when Jesus overturned conventional thinking and ended up being crucified, much to the delight of the self-righteous Pharisees. Neither will be the teaching of the Bible in public schools now.

But when boys are accessing internet porn for the first time, on average, aged eleven, teenage guys are using their mobile phones to swap images of sex with their girlfriends like footy cards, and sportsmen and women cheat on their partners by engaging in group orgies, we have to accept that as a society we’ve drifted too far from our common foundations.

If the best and brightest artists of the past were brave enough to explore the wide-ranging impact of the Bible on Western thought, why can’t we challenge our own generation’s best and brightest? The compulsory national curriculum is a perfect time for a rethink.