Archive for August, 2013

Social networking aside, how many close friends do you have?

Filed in Relationships by on August 30, 2013 0 Comments
Social networking aside, how many close friends do you have?

Another article about the nature of friendship, this time by Zoe Williams. She looks at a study from twenty-five years ago by Time Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS) that defined friends as close confidantes, […]

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Using the YouCat

Filed in Catholic by on August 28, 2013 0 Comments
Using the YouCat

I gave a talk about the YouCat recently. It was not so much about the history or content of the book, but more about Pope Benedict’s short letter to young Catholics that’s printed at the […]

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EU’s religious freedom guidelines need improving in key areas

Filed in Ethics by on August 25, 2013 0 Comments
EU’s religious freedom guidelines need improving in key areas

Among the bodies welcoming the publication of the EU’s new religious freedom guidelines are COMECE, the Catholic Church’ Brussels lobby (its statement is here), and the campaign group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW; its statement is here). Both recognise that the […]

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