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We have reached the milestone of 100 weeks of Gospel Nuggets! For this 100th episode Father Ben shares a message of thanks, of encouragement and, most especially, of hope. The Christian virtue of hope is needed by all of us in these troubling times.

Fr. Ben's latest in the European Conservative, regarding the Church's approach to the pandemic.

As we begin the journey of Lent, one very good examination of conscience could be on our use of words. When we know little, said TS Eliot, we usually substitute emotion for thought. Sometimes, though, we need to hear the encouraging words of Scripture, like those of St. Paul, telling......

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Fr. Ben's latest interview on Damian Thompson's Holy Smoke podcast at the Spectator - on the Ukraine, China, and the Vatican.

As we sometimes do in the Nuggets, today we remind ourselves, or get to know better, the witness of one of the great Saints of the Church, St. Polycarp of Smyrna, martyred in 155AD at the venerable age of 86. Not only does St. Polycarp powerfully connect us with our......

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