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Reports emerge on Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical
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Scotland: Poll reveals 7 in 10 Scots concerned domestic abuse victims could be coerced into assisted suicide
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Erik Varden’s Lenten vision for Pope Leo XIV
The Norwegian Cistercian’s sermons for Pope Leo XIV combine theological depth, spiritual realism and an unflinching account of corruption, ambition and the healing of wounds
Naoise Grenham
Archbishop Viganò invokes Pius XI in defence of ‘forest family’ after Italian court removes children
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Leo XIV’s first curial moves begin to shed light on his pontificate
Michael Haynes
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What we really know about St Patrick
Melanie McDonagh
St Augustine on the healing of the man born blind: Sermon 86 on John 9
St Augustine of Hippo
How self-reflection aids discernment
Kerri Christopher
The meaning of man’s original solitude
Pope St John Paul II
The prospects and perils of reviving gender roles
Portia Berry-Kilby
The return of silence in an age of noise
Delphine Chui
As a gay man, can I date for emotional companionship?
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The return of silence in an age of noise
Delphine Chui
The theology of being a godparent
Clement Harrold
Women’s magazines are narrowing the space for dissent
Delphine Chui
Five lessons on Catholic fatherhood I learned from my Dad
David Hahn
Vatican DISPATCH
Diplomatic tensions and doctrinal tests in Leo’s first Lent
Michael Haynes
Signs of dialogue in a pivotal week for the Vatican
Michael Haynes
Is Cardinal Fernández the real source of tensions in the SSPX and Vatican standoff?
Michael Haynes
Schwarzenegger and Confession, and more returns to papal customs
Michael Haynes
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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
Delphine Chui
Choosing to be present
Dominic Perrem
Women’s magazines are narrowing the space for dissent
Delphine Chui
Encouraging one another in dark times
James Jeffrey
Seven children is a small family
Dominic Perrem
How Netflix is reshaping children’s moral imagination
Daisy-Mae Inglese
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What we really know about St Patrick
Modern celebrations of St Patrick’s Day may have become largely secular, yet the historical figure behind them remains one of the most remarkable missionaries of the early Church
Melanie McDonagh
SOUL
St Augustine on the healing of the man born blind: Sermon 86 on John 9
St Augustine of Hippo
The meaning of man’s original solitude
Pope St John Paul II
As a gay man, can I date for emotional companionship?
Chaplain
On the woman at the well
St John Chrysostom
Culture
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Conscience and catastrophe in the Thirty Years’ War
A powerful German novel explores how the fraught relationship between faith and political power sowed the seeds of disaster
Francis Phillips
Staging faith and folly: three choral works
Michael White
Perceiving God in creation: the angel-filled world of Francis Thompson
Joseph Shaw
Contextualising the Great Seige
HJA Sire
Reason, doubt and grace in Why I Am Not an Atheist
Nick Ripatrazone
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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.
The Catholic Herald
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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.
John Cornwell
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On the limits of liberalism
Ken Craycraft
Sr Camilla and her merry band of nuns
Flora Watkins
Christianity is a civilising force in a polarised world
Niall Gooch
Do Catholics make good historians?
Nick Ripatrazone
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