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When good girls go sad
Freya India argues that social media and consumer culture have hollowed out young women’s inner lives, while leaving open the deeper question of what might restore them
Georgia Gilholy
Twilight of the Anglican establishment
Alan Don’s witty and revealing private journals illuminate the ceremonial, politics and personalities that shaped Anglican public Christianity between the wars and beyond
Robin Ward
The witness of Jacques Fesch
A new translation of Jacques Fesch’s prison journal reveals a profound conversion and a searching testimony of faith on the eve of execution
Archbishop John Wilson
Pope Leo XIV: not quite in his own words
Elise Ann Allen’s biography benefits from exceptional first-hand sources but dwells too long on stating the obvious. The best bit is the actual interview with the Pope at the end
Melanie McDonagh
Rivalry and revelation at the Palazzo Barberini
In the setting of a Baroque palace built on rivalry, a new exhibition traces Bernini’s rise under Urban VIII, though not without notable omissions
Daniel Beurthe
El Greco and the true transformation of beauty
The elongated figures of El Greco’s Pentecost reflect a deeply Christian vision of the body transformed not by cosmetics or discipline, but by the life of the Spirit
Fr Gavan Jennings
Why Catholics cannot share Communion with Anglicans
A reader is troubled after a friend is refused Communion at Mass, prompting a reflection on unity, belief and the Eucharist
The Herald Chaplain
The delightful wisdom of Winnie-the-Pooh
Revisiting Winnie-the-Pooh as an adult reveals a work full of wit, warmth and spiritual insight, and a timely antidote to modern anxiety
Clement Harrold
The neglected feast
Pentecost was once among the Church’s greatest feasts, crowned with an octave and Vigil that kept alive the memory of the Holy Ghost
David Hahn
The forgotten God
The feast of Pentecost calls Christians to renew their devotion to the Holy Spirit and to draw upon His gifts in daily life
Dom Alcuin Reid
How Pentecost completes the work of salvation
Pentecost is not an appendix to Easter but the culmination of Christ’s saving work, drawing believers into his divine life through the Holy Spirit
R. Jared Staudt
The Spirit descends like fire
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven." Do you perceive the type? What is this Pentecost?
St John Chrysostom
Lola Salem on the domestic Upper Room
In an age of fragmentation and utility, how families might recover the older tradition of forming minds and souls at home
Lola Salem
The dangers of performative faith
The growth of Catholic media has opened new paths to conversion, but the deepest witness to Christ still comes through lives transformed from within
Noelle Mering
Courage in the age of cancel culture
Pentecost reminds us that Christian witness is not about winning arguments, but about speaking with clarity, love and freedom from fear
Delphine Chui
Truth in an age of confusion
The contrast between the Tower of Babel and Pentecost offers a powerful lesson about the dangers of pride and the transformative power of the Holy Spirit
Jacqueline O'Hara
America’s Declaration and the paradox of unalienable rights
The moral paradoxes at the heart of the American founding continue to shape debates over liberty, equality and the limits of liberal individualism
Ken Craycraft
The charismatic movement: the good, the bad and the ugly
A personal and historical reflection on the charismatic movement’s promise, its excesses and its enduring spiritual appeal
Fr Dwight Longenecker
The Christian duty to be less informed
In an age of viral outrage, manipulated clips and endless commentary, Christians should resist both convenient falsehoods and the compulsion to know everything
Luke Collins
Punk at 50: freedom, rebellion and the void
The fury of punk exposed the decay of post-war Britain, yet the movement left behind a cultural void it could not fill
Ruadhan Jones
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