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- 6 December: A Week is a Long Time in Politics
- 9 December: Churches Must Never Be Forced to Close Again
- 2 December: Salve and Vale
- 25 November: Red Wednesday in Westminster Hall
- 18 November: Difficult Decisions Ahead
- 11 November: Good & Bad Omissions in the King’s Speech
- 4 November: Narrow Perspectives Harm Us All
- 28 October: Catholics at the Heart of Prorogation
- 14 October: Look Back to Lockdown
- 7 October: Deeds and Words on Family Life
- 30 September: Being a Synodal Church
- 23 September: The Sanctuary
- 16 September: Some things are best done by the family
- 9 September: Back to school
- 2 September: Britain can no longer be described as a Christian country
- 26 August: Do we live in a Christian country and does it matter?
- 19 August: Britain’s Declining Birth Rate
- 12 August: World Youth Day
- 22 July: Coutts Bank Account
- 15 July: The Ambassador
- 8 July: Beacons of Solidarity
- 1 July: Scrap the Cap
- 24 June: Feast of St Thomas More
- 17 June: Deeply Distressing & Traumatic Effects of Late Term Abortions
- 10 June: Sleep Walking Into a World Where We Cannot Practise Our Faith
- 3 June: Free Speech Tsar
- 27 May: Do You Leave Your Religious Identity at Home When You Go To Work?
- 20 May: Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski Visits Parliament
- 13 May: A Busy Week for the Archbishop of Canterbury
- 6 May: The Coronation
- 29 April: Does Government Do God?
- 22 April: Will the Government Listen?
- 15 April: Alleluia, Alleluia
- 1 April: Glass Ceilings
- 25 March: Strengthening the Bonds of Friendship & Faith
- 18 March: It has not been a good few weeks for children
- 11 March: Rise Up
- 4 March: Taxing Issues
- 25 February: Very Dangerous Day if Faith Has No Place in Politics
- 18 February: Wanted: Moral Theologian for Scotland
- 11 February – Principle and Practicality
- 4 February – Thought Crime
- 28 January – The Art of the Possible & Principle too
- 21 January – Strikes and assisted suicide
- 14 January – Tackling the Root Causes of the Refugee Crisis
- 7 January – Religion is Not a Problem for Legislators