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Catholic weddings in Ireland down by half in 10 years
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Delphine Chui
Why politics alone can’t solve loneliness
James Bundy
Discernment involves action
Kerri Christopher
The war between the sexes isn’t accidental
Delphine Chui
How fatherlessness fuels the manosphere
Isabel Gibbens
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Before the rise of Islam, Sasanian Persia sheltered a remarkable Christian world whose memory still lingers in poetry, legend and cinema
Andrew Cusack
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Why imperfect family prayer may be the most honest kind
Matt Chicoine
Saint Pancras: the teenage martyr behind London’s great station
Andrew Cusack
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Saturday Read: Persia’s forgotten Christian queen
Before the rise of Islam, Sasanian Persia sheltered a remarkable Christian world whose memory still lingers in poetry, legend and cinema
Andrew Cusack
A study in grief and grace
Georgia L. Gilholy
The deadly dangers of untempered passion
Andrew Cusack
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Pope Leo: A Bridge-Builder
In his first months, Leo XIV looks like a listener: he calls synodality an attitude of openness, maintains Church teaching on marriage and sexuality, and signals cautious openness to broader Latin Mass celebration. The aim is less polarisation, deeper dialogue, a bridge builder who consults widely and will lead decisively.
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Elites blocked Maria Steen’s candidacy, narrowing democracy and silencing Catholic conservatives’ voices.
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All Saints’ Eve
Halloween’s vigil confronts death with Christian hope, not fear or superstition today.
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AI: helping angel or diabolic machine?
Pope Leo’s warnings and hopes for AI, probing dignity, labour, justice, and Church responsibilities for governing algorithms.
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Sr Camilla and her merry band of nuns
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Christianity is a civilising force in a polarised world
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