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25-year-old rape victim euthanised in Spain

World’s most premature twins celebrate fourth birthday after defying odd

Israeli directive threatens Christian teachers in Jerusalem schools

Pope Leo appoints Bishop Wilmer, president of the German Bishops’ Conference, to Münster

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Vatican Bank appoints François Pauly as president of supervisory board

The Vatican Bank has appointed former Rothschild director François Pauly as president of its Board of Superintendence, succeeding Jean-Baptiste Douville de Franssu after a decade of reform

As Leo travels, old battles over the priesthood return

Pope Leo signals a shift on the Traditional Mass

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The alternative between death and immortality enters the definition of man

Pope St John Paul II

Faith that chains cannot break

Europe’s crypts still have lessons for the living

Georgia L. Gilholy

Sohrab Ahmari: ‘I’m very much in the pray and obey camp’

Melanie McDonagh

Why Catholics should take the dating crisis seriously

From ‘fiat’ to fruit: what the Annunciation means for marriage

Adelaide di Maggio

Sermon for the Annunciation

St John of Damascus

Chartres shows why Mary matters

Clement Harrold

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Why Catholics should take the dating crisis seriously

Chartres shows why Mary matters

Clement Harrold

America’s legal pushback against transgender ideology

Finding God in the age of the algorithm

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As Leo travels, old battles over the priesthood return

Leo XIV returns to the Apostolic Palace as tensions rise elsewhere

Leo XIV’s first curial moves begin to shed light on his pontificate

Leo XIV repeats his call for peace amid mounting tensions

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Why Catholics should take the dating crisis seriously

From ‘fiat’ to fruit: what the Annunciation means for marriage

Adelaide di Maggio

The return of wonder

Finding God in the age of the algorithm

How self-reflection aids discernment

Kerri Christopher

The prospects and perils of reviving gender roles

Portia Berry-Kilby

The return of silence in an age of noise

Choosing to be present

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The alternative between death and immortality enters the definition of man

Reflecting on Genesis, St John Paul II explains how the command concerning the tree of knowledge introduces the dramatic choice between life and death at the heart of human freedom

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The alternative between death and immortality enters the definition of man

Pope St John Paul II

Sermon for the Annunciation

St John of Damascus

On the Resurrection of Lazarus - it is a reality that goes beyond our reason

Pope Benedict XVI

Man’s awareness of being a person

Pope St John Paul II

Culture

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“Ballet can elevate body and soul together”

In this interview, Claire Kretzschmar discusses perfection, brokenness and the power of classical ballet to restore the sacred imagination

Louis Theroux’s missed opportunity on the ‘manosphere’

Conscience and catastrophe in the Thirty Years’ War

Francis Phillips

Staging faith and folly: three choral works

Perceiving God in creation: the angel-filled world of Francis Thompson

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October/November 2025

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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A Lost Chance for Ireland

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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On the limits of liberalism

Sr Camilla and her merry band of nuns

Christianity is a civilising force in a polarised world

Do Catholics make good historians?

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