Maternal life

28/03/2014 | Reform

The feminist Catholic theologian Tina Beattie talks to Stephen Tomkins

Tina Beattie has offended Catholic traditionalists with her defence of women’s ordination. And, in 2012, she was one of 27 Catholics who wrote to The Times arguing that Catholics could … Read More

A good question: Do faith schools
 have a future?

27/03/2014 | Reform

Each month we ask one question and get four answers. This month: Do faith schools have a future?

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This article was published in the April 2014 edition of  Reform.

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Commitment-Phobe: Angels and awkward handshakes

27/03/2014 | Reform

Having decided to move on from atheism, Commitment-Phobe 
is touring churches of all denominations to see if she can find God

It has been six months, and I am frustrated. I knew this journey wasn’t going to be easy, but … Read More

A letter from… Yemen

27/03/2014 | Reform

Surviving in a Yemeni prison

My name is Hafsah. I’m 27 years old. I’m currently imprisoned in Central Prison Hodeidah, Yemen. In five months I will be released, and I feel so happy to know I will be free again. … Read More

Reviews – April 2014

27/03/2014 | Reform

Paying for the sins
 of the fathers

Calvary Directed by John Michael McDonagh Certificate 15, 100 minutes Released on 11 April

Brendan Gleeson’s Father James is a better priest than we are used to seeing on screen. A man of … Read More

Niall Cooper: Hope within the wilderness

27/03/2014 | Reform

Finding hope in today’s bleak climate

We live in bleak times, and are bombarded by bad news. At times, we may feel discouraged, hopeless and impotent in the face of spending cuts and rising prices, whose impacts are bearing increasingly … Read More