Universe Column Thomas Paine once said, "Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph".  Those words still resonate today and nowhere more so than in the struggle of...

Universe Column Sunday March 16th Palm Sunday "And the crowd called for Barabbas to be freed." As we brandish and wave our palms today, celebrating again Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, it's hard not to fast forward and reflect on how rapidly the crowds...

If you are one of those people who feels like cheering when the Radio Four broadcaster says that Dr.Jonathan Sacks is giving the "Thought For The Day", you will want to own a copy of his new book, "The Home We Build Together". The Chief Rabbi offers a devastating...

On Monday the House of Lords will complete the Report Stage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill and a few days later it will receive its Third Reading. The Bill will then go to the Commons and now is the time to start lobbying MPs about how they intend to...

Universe Column, September 16th 2007, Most of the published lives of St. Margaret Clitherow, who was canonised 37 years ago by Pope Paul VI, state that the location of her grave is unknown. Crushed to death - peine forte et dure - in York, on Good Friday, March 25th...

Universe Column, Sunday September 2nd 2007. Joseph D'souza and Benedict Rogers' new book On the Side of the Angels: Justice, Human Rights and Kingdom Mission makes the case for passionate Christian engagement in promoting human dignity. In a wake-up call and a...

Universe Column, July 1st 2007 If I have any criticism of the film Amazing Grace, which I recently took my children to see, it is in their use of the phrase "one man's battle against injustice" to describe William Wilberforce. Remarkable man though he undoubtedly was,...

Universe Column, June 17th 2007. It's not the first time that prime ministerial power has passed hands without a General Election. Jim Callaghan succeeded Harold Wilson and John Major succeeded Margaret Thatcher - both on the say so of their MPs in Parliament. Gordon...

Universe Column, April 29th 2007 (Photographs with and of President Kufuor available from Barbara Mace: [email protected]; 0151 231 3852). On Tuesday, May 1st, we will celebrate the completion of the parliamentary stages, 200 years ago, of the Bill to abolish the...

Universe Column, Sunday April 15th The news that police cadets in the Berlin police force refused to listen to the harrowing testimony of Isaak Behar, an 83-year-old holocaust survivor, raises disturbing questions. Mr.Behar's parents and two sisters were killed by the...