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Pope Francis, peoples, and culture: Preparing for a future post-COVID with Fratelli Tutti (COVID-19 blog no. 38)

Pope Francis, peoples, and culture: Preparing for a future post-COVID with Fratelli Tutti (COVID-19 blog no. 38)

An integral part of what it is to be a people is to be a community who are organised and working for the common good, and to be rooted in their own cultural history. It is this that the Theology of People is always moving towards: the practical means for the people and the poorest amongst them to find their liberation and salvation.

Remote learning and the Eucharistic potential of online education (COVID-19 blog no. 37)

Remote learning and the Eucharistic potential of online education (COVID-19 blog no. 37)

Although the shift to online-learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for all involved in the education sector, it poses a particular challenge to those of us involved in Catholic education due to the Catholic theological commitment to sacramental encounter and connection.

Build Back With (COVID-19 blog no. 21)

Build Back With (COVID-19 blog no. 21)

In the UK there appears to be some level of consensus, at least at the level of rhetoric, that things cannot go back to how they were before. These last four months could turn out to be our ‘teachable moment’ when we have come to the realisation that things cannot continue along the same trajectory.

“Shouldn't this be about the pandemic?”: blurred subject boundaries at the edges of history (COVID-19 blog no. 20)

“Shouldn't this be about the pandemic?”: blurred subject boundaries at the edges of history (COVID-19 blog no. 20)

The death of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the iconic scene of Edward Colston toppling into the river in a satisfying parallel to the slaves thrown overboard from his ships to drown in the Atlantic are pressing. They have their own force, which compels us to talk about them.