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In the days of rain

In an extract from her book, In the Days of Rain, Rebecca Stott unpicks a crisis in the world of the Exclusive Brethren
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In praise of holy fools

In celebration of the feast day of our patron saint, Simon Jenkins muses on holy fools, ancient and modern
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Queer and Catholic

Mark Dowd talks about the beginning of his 'life of contradiction' in an extract from his memoir, Queer and Catholic
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Getting a visitors’ eye-view of church

Anne Richards asks: How can churches welcome people so they don’t end up feeling invisible and lonely?
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Whatever happened to Billy Shears?

Steve Goddard's new novel time-travels between the Summer of Love and the world of now, with a little help from Sgt Pepper
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Bosoms and ebenezers

If you think sex and hymns don't have much in common, take another look at your hymn book, says Simon Jenkins
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Reading the Bible upside down

When Symon Hill started writing a book about Jesus' parables, he asked atheists and sex workers for their thoughts
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Religion must be a laughing matter

The Charlie Hebdo murders may be the worst example ever of sense of humour failure, says Simon Jenkins
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