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A first pilgrimage to Chartres
As thousands of Catholics walked to Chartres over Pentecost, one first-time pilgrim discovered how physical hardship can illuminate spiritual truths
Georgia Gilholy
The dignity of hard work
In an age of convenience and consumption, the quiet discipline of labour offers a path towards service, sacrifice and human flourishing
Dominic Perrem
The witness of the saints and martyrs
As the Church celebrates the new feast of All Saints of Scotland, this week’s Magnificat reflects on the witness of saints and martyrs who remained faithful amid suffering and injustice
Magnificat
Pope Leo XIV: Valuing the unborn is the “goal of civilisation”
The Pope’s intervention comes as Spain continues to pursue some of Europe’s most permissive social policies
The Catholic Herald
A tapestry of belief
A journey to Glyndebourne’s L’Orfeo prompts a meditation on Orpheus, Christ and the Christian promise of redemption against death
Kenneth Zammit Tabona
Saturday Read: The young priest who would not abandon his flock
The life and death of Blessed János Brenner reveal the quiet courage of a young priest whose fidelity to his vocation outlasted the regime that sought to silence him
Andrew Cusack
Dear Father: Are charismatics superior to 'ordinary' Catholics?
How should Catholics respond when differing approaches to prayer and worship create misunderstandings within a family?
The Herald Chaplain
Leo XIV’s Spanish voyage exceeds expectations
From vast Corpus Christi crowds in Madrid to meetings with migrants in the Canary Islands, Leo XIV used his visit to Spain to articulate a vision of faith, society and human dignity
Michael Haynes
The nuclear family cannot do everything alone
As communities weaken and families become more isolated, parents are increasingly asked to carry burdens that were once shared across a wider social world
Delphine Chui
Mexican governor blocks gender identity bill over family concerns
Supporters praised the move as a defence of family life, while Morena legislators and LGBT+ groups condemned it
Thomas Colsy
Canadian Senate passes bill removing religious defence from hate speech law
Catholic leaders say Bill C-9 could expose clergy and laity to prosecution for preaching and teaching Christian doctrine
Thomas Colsy
The common good depends on a constellation of virtues
Recent acts of violence reveal what Aristotle and Aquinas understood: justice cannot survive in isolation but depends upon the cultivation of the moral virtues
David Hahn
Christian Pulisic, Javier Hernandez and football’s surprising witness
As the 2026 World Cup gets under way, contemporary football remains an unexpectedly public stage for devotion, discipline and witness
Thomas Colsy
AI is overhyped
Grand claims of AI’s revolution are less convincing than many suggest, but Pope Leo’s new encyclical raises the right questions about its impact on the human being
Luke Collins
Israeli settler violence threatens last entirely Christian town in West Bank
The ancient Christian town of Taybeh is under mounting pressure after fresh violence left fields burned and residents fearing for their future
Thomas Colsy
The Heart of Jesus Christ
Devotion to the Sacred Heart is not merely a pious practice but a window into the mystery of the Incarnation and the perfect human affectivity of Jesus Christ
Fr Thomas Crean OP
Traditional priest tackles fleeing suspect outside historic Latin Mass shrine
The French-born ICKSP priest said he acted instinctively after seeing a suspect flee towards the shrine’s car park
Thomas Colsy
Pope Leo’s magnificent but incomplete anthropology
The Holy Father articulated a compelling vision of human dignity before Spain’s parliament, but his speech also raises deeper questions about belonging, culture and Christendom
Gavin Ashenden
The hidden costs of overparenting
A culture of over-caution and status anxiety has made parenting more difficult, not because children are less safe than before, but because society expects parents to perform constant vigilance
Joseph Shaw
Sacred art and the limits of representation
From Michelangelo to Caravaggio, sacred artists have approached the divine in radically different ways while remaining within the Catholic tradition
Nicholas Leeper SJ
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