Twenty years ago, in Signs of Contradiction, David Alton chose Jacques Maritain as one of twelve outstanding people whose lives and ideas had changed the world for the better. Maritain’s belief in combining personalism with the pursuit of the common good – rooted in a respect for the natural law – remains the antidote to the ills of our times:
Replies to Parliamentary Questions on the number of people who are dying of hunger or who are food insecure in Sudan; how quickly the UK decision to increase humanitarian aid for war victims in Sudan will be made available; what it will be used for; and how it will be deployed; and the impact of the war in Sudan on South Sudan, including (1) the numbers of displaced people and refugees, and (2) the impact on its economy caused by the loss of receipts from the export of oil
Lord Benyon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and...