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Kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren released, but abductions remain a national crisis
A mass kidnapping at a Catholic school has ended with the release of all captives
The Catholic Herald
What to expect from the extraordinary consistory
What can be expected from Pope Leo XIV’s first extraordinary consistory, and what it may reveal about the direction and tone of the new pontificate
The Catholic Herald
Ireland’s Church and the return of some old questions
Archbishop Martin’s warnings over asset expropriation revive long-standing tensions between the State and the religious orders that once underpinned public life
Melanie McDonagh
Sermon for the Feast of the Epiphany
The Magi teach us three great lessons which must be practised by all who desire to find Jesus Christ
St Francis de Sales
Fidelity unto death: 600 Catholic missionaries killed in 25 years
These are not statistics from a distant or romanticised past. They belong squarely to the present
James Bradbury
Bible in a Year podcast nears one billion downloads
As it enters its fifth year, Fr Mike Schmitz’s daily Scripture podcast continues to draw a vast global audience and reshape how Catholics engage with the Bible
The Catholic Herald
Posture matters: the case for altar rails
The controversy over altar rails is not about nostalgia or church furniture, but about how Catholics learn reverence
Thomas Colsy
You don’t have to be merry at Christmas
Within the octave of Christmas, the Church places stories of martyrdom, exile, and grief alongside the Nativity, reminding us that Christian joy is not an emotion
Kerri Christopher
Labour’s crusade against rural Britain
Labour’s animal welfare reforms promise compassion but risk devastating farmers, undermining food security, and accelerating the slow strangulation of rural Britain
Samantha Smith
What young converts are really looking for
Why are young men coming back to the Church? Reflecting on masculinity, authority, and conversion, Noelle Mering explores why a faith that asks something of men is proving more compelling than one that merely affirms them
Noelle Mering
The incoherence of the Charlotte diocese’s ban on altar rails
While presented as pastoral continuity, Charlotte diocese’s ban on altar rails risks doctrinal confusion
Niwa Limbu
Angels in Cookham
n Stanley Spencer’s Sarah Tubb and the Heavenly Visitors, the visionary painter brings the divine to everyday village life, writes Melanie McDonagh
Melanie McDonagh
Mary, the dignity of waiting and NaPro Technology
Daisy-Mae Inglese reflects on Mary’s motherhood, the quiet revival of family life among young Catholics, and why the Church must take seriously approaches to fertility that honour both women’s bodies and their vocation to life
Daisy-Mae Inglese
Making resolutions the Church’s way: continual conversion, not self-improvement
As New Year’s resolutions return with their promises of self-reinvention, the Church offers a quieter but more demanding alternative
Delphine Chui
What is Catholic education? Reminders from a forgotten New Year’s encyclical
Ninety-six years after Divini illius magistri, Pius XI’s bracing account of Catholic education remains strikingly timely
Brian Martin Lapsa
I look forward to the Resurrection of the Dead
A candid Advent reflection on the Resurrection of the Dead, the Last Judgement, and divine mercy
Denise Cottrell-Boyce
Why are Anglican Clergy becoming Catholics?
A third of recent ordinations to the Catholic priesthood have been made up by former Anglican clergy. Fr Michael Nazir-Ali explains why
Fr Michael Nazir-Ali
Inventing the king’s fool
Peter K. Andersson’s Fool attempts the impossible: a biography of Henry VIII’s court fool, whose real life barely survives beneath centuries of anecdote
Richard Rex
The danger of a victorious church
The Church’s recent gains among young adults will endure only if they are met with formation, obedience, and the long discipline of faith
James Bradbury
Asceticism, fraternity, and the rediscovery of male faith
Young men are returning to the Church not because it has become easier, but because it has begun once again to ask something of them
R. Jared Staudt
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