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Peers to introduce bills on abortion complications and babies born alive

Bishop John Arnold chosen to lead Caritas Europa

Becciu lawyers accuse Vatican prosecutor of defying court order

Ordinariate bishop given temporary role in Australia

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SSPX tensions, synod fallout and Leo XIV’s delicate balancing act

Rome has warned the SSPX that proceeding with planned episcopal consecrations would constitute a schismatic act, while simultaneously reaffirming its commitment to dialogue with the Coptic Orthodox Church

Confronting the challenge of artificial intelligence

Catholics await outcome of Trump-Xi talks over Jimmy Lai

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Dear Father: Can Sunday sport come before family Mass?

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Pew survey finds shifting views on church and state

Why Catholics need to build a more attractive culture

Iran’s spin on papal honour sparks social media backlash

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Argentine bishops corrected over right to receive Communion on the tongue

Bishop Schneider says Synod report resembles ‘the serpent in the Garden’

How Fr Daniel Seward led us home

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

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Why Catholics need to build a more attractive culture

Rooting out hidden vice

Clement Harrold

The rise of the global under-economy

The monks of Norcia: Benedict’s sons return

Fr Dwight Longenecker

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SSPX tensions, synod fallout and Leo XIV’s delicate balancing act

Bishop Schneider leads mounting criticism of Synod’s report on homosexuality

Leo XIV shifts the narrative with anniversary visit to Pompeii

New report suggests the Synod still cannot speak clearly on homosexuality

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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

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Dear Father: Can Sunday sport come before family Mass?

As Sunday sport increasingly competes with worship, a priest explains how Catholic parents can support a teenager’s ambitions without losing sight of the importance of Mass

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Dear Father: Can Sunday sport come before family Mass?

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Confronting the challenge of artificial intelligence

“Lift up your ancient gates!”

St Gregory of Nyssa

How Fr Daniel Seward led us home

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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

A study in grief and grace

Georgia L. Gilholy

The deadly dangers of untempered passion

Saturday Read: Persia’s forgotten Christian queen

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?

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