Patrick Neve

When the Church wounds

Disillusionment with the institutional Church need not end in permanent bitterness, but can become a path towards forgiveness and renewed faith

How John Paul II reconciled religious liberty with Catholic tradition

Between Lefebvre’s rejection and Murray’s liberal interpretation, Pope St John Paul II’s reading of ‘Dignitatis Humanae’ showed how Vatican II could be read in continuity with tradition

The Eucharist is drawing young people to the Church

Sociology can explain part of the story, but the deeper reason for today’s revival is Christ’s enduring presence in the Eucharist and the Church’s renewed devotion to Him

The dangers of ‘Catholic, Inc.’

The Church’s witness has always united charity with evangelisation, yet many Catholic institutions now risk reducing their mission to social service alone

In praise of Catholic patriotism

Catholics should remember that while Leo XIII offered a warning against Americanism but also a profound appreciation of the Republic’s religious liberty

How we failed the SSPX

The SSPX's planned consecrations should not go ahead, yet the Church should also ask whether years of mistrust and unequal treatment helped bring matters to this point

Why some working-class Americans feel unheard by the bishops

Many working-class Americans feel unheard by the Church. JD Vance may offer the bishops an opportunity to understand communities they have struggled to reach

Where are our elites?

A healthy society depends on a bargain between leaders and the led: responsibility from the powerful, accountability from the people and moral guidance from the Church

Fertility is not a policy problem

Governments across the developed world are searching for policy solutions to falling birth rates, but the crisis stems from a deeper failure to understand the purpose of womanhood

The dangers of AI in a decadent society

The greatest cultural threat posed by artificial intelligence may not be job losses or misinformation, but the erosion of the time and discipline needed for genuine human creativity

Catholicism and multiculturalism

Pentecost did not erase the distinction between peoples, but united nations through Christ while preserving their integrity

The new industrial revolution is already here

The information age is reshaping rural America in ways that echo the early Industrial Revolution, concentrating wealth while hollowing out communities

The rise of the global under-economy

Organised fraud has become a defining feature of the globalised economy, yet the Church has been hesitant to confront the moral obligations that accompany solidarity

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