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The monks of Norcia: Benedict’s sons return

From suppression under Napoleon to destruction by earthquake, the Benedictines of Norcia have rebuilt their monastic life through prayer, work and perseverance

Fr Dwight Longenecker

Is surrogacy a form of slavery? Florida may soon decide

Jacqueline O'Hara

Vatican stressed peace in meeting with Rubio

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How Fr Daniel Seward led us home

Lessons from 1964: What Catholics learned from the ‘intermediate’ Mass

Rubio says Catholic faith is central to American identity

Beyond therapy: the soul’s need for God

Why imperfect family prayer may be the most honest kind

Saturday Read: Persia’s forgotten Christian queen

King Charles praises Pope Leo on first anniversary

A study in grief and grace

Georgia L. Gilholy

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The monks of Norcia: Benedict’s sons return

Fr Dwight Longenecker

Lessons from 1964: What Catholics learned from the ‘intermediate’ Mass

Why Nick Fuentes appeals to some young Catholics

Beyond therapy: the soul’s need for God

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Leo XIV shifts the narrative with anniversary visit to Pompeii

New report suggests the Synod still cannot speak clearly on homosexuality

Leo’s diplomatic approach tested by Mullally’s reception

Vatican hits back at ‘population threat’ narrative

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Why imperfect family prayer may be the most honest kind

Beyond eros: recovering the fuller meaning of love

Catholic weddings in Ireland down by half in 10 years

In defence of nepotism

Why politics alone can’t solve loneliness

Discernment involves action

Kerri Christopher

The war between the sexes isn’t accidental

How fatherlessness fuels the manosphere

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Lessons from 1964: What Catholics learned from the ‘intermediate’ Mass

Research into the liturgical reforms introduced before the Novus Ordo reveals that confusion, resistance and division were already apparent long before 1969

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How Fr Daniel Seward led us home

Why imperfect family prayer may be the most honest kind

Saint Pancras: the teenage martyr behind London’s great station

“If You Love Me”: St Augustine on the gift of the Spirit

St Augustine of Hippo

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Beyond therapy: the soul’s need for God

From Dante to Viktor Frankl, the search for meaning points beyond psychological wellbeing towards the soul’s ultimate end in God

Saturday Read: Persia’s forgotten Christian queen

A study in grief and grace

Georgia L. Gilholy

The deadly dangers of untempered passion

Lola Salem on… the boycott crisis in the arts

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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?

Nick Ripatrazone

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