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Did World War II undermine Catholicism?
mass exodus by stephen bullivant oup, 302pp, £25/$32.95 why catholics leave, what they miss, and how they might return by stephen bullivant ...
Joseph Shaw
The Knights of Malta's Mass ban is hardly chivalrous
fra' giacomo dalla torre, the grand master of the order of malta, has informed members that henceforth all masses celebrated in the context ...
Joseph Shaw
Infiltration: an unconvincing tale of the Church's enemies
infiltration: the plot to destroy the catholic church from within by taylor marshall crisis publications 224pp, £19.75/$24.95 in 1846, pope ...
Joseph Shaw
Christians have committed terrible crimes over the centuries. Why is that?
during the siege of jerusalem, at the conclusion of the first crusade in 1099, a priest led devotions on the mount of olives, attended by hu...
Niall Gooch
Ignore the critics. 'It's a Wonderful Life' is a wise tribute to everyday heroism
it’s almost christmas, which means that somewhere a critic is sharpening his pen for that staple of yuletide contrarianism, your beloved fes...
Niall Gooch
How Agatha Christie helped to save the Latin Mass
An unlikely intervention by England’s cultural luminaries rescued the Tridentine Mass from threatened extinction
Joseph Shaw
Bishop Barron says Trump ‘owes the Pope an apology’
Bishop Robert Barron calls President Trump’s comments on Pope Leo “entirely inappropriate”, urging dialogue and saying the president owes an apology
The Catholic Herald
Why Catholic Emancipation still matters
Daniel O’Connell’s peaceful political revolution transformed constitutional life in Britain and beyond, yet its significance is too often overlooked in our historical memory
Andrew Cusack
Heralds of the Gospel ordain 26 priests and 31 deacons
The Heralds of the Gospel ordain 26 priests on Divine Mercy Sunday and 31 deacons the day before, in first ordinations since 2019
The Catholic Herald
Hungary after Orbán
Viktor Orbán’s electoral defeat marks a political turning point, but his legacy and Péter Magyar’s programme resist easy interpretation
Jan C. Bentz
When rebellion loses its object
A provocative collection asks what becomes of a subculture defined by transgression when the mainstream abandons its own rules
Joseph Shaw
Beyond therapy: rediscovering community and Confession
As therapy becomes more widespread, the Church’s sacrament of Confession offers something distinct yet complementary to modern approaches to emotional wellbeing
Delphine Chui
A life in defence of tradition: Michael Davies reconsidered
Leo Darroch’s new biography explores how a schoolteacher became a leading voice in debates over liturgy and doctrine
Joseph Shaw
The return of the patron
A young company seeks to restore the ancient relationship between artist and patron, inviting ordinary people to commission works of lasting beauty
Jan C. Bentz
Death in the Catholic imagination
David Hahn reflects on the Catholic understanding of death, contrasting it with a sanitised secular view that pays little attention to its eternal consequences
David Hahn
How the Church keeps the sacred days of Holy Week
From Palm Sunday to the Easter Vigil, the Church’s liturgy leads the faithful step by step through Christ’s Passion, death and resurrection
Clement Harrold
Sacramental imagination and the recovery of enchantment
Modernity claims to have stripped the world of meaning, but Tolkien offers a vision in which reality remains charged with significance
Jan C. Bentz
Pope Leo signals a shift on the Traditional Mass
Without issuing a formal text, Pope Leo appears to encourage practical accommodation for those attached to the older liturgy
Joseph Shaw
Why Catholics should take the dating crisis seriously
Many young adults still desire marriage, but weakened social structures, low confidence and digital habits have made dating far harder than older generations often realise
Delphine Chui
Chartres shows why Mary matters
A pilgrimage to Chartres and a visit to the Colosseum illuminate the moral gulf between Christian and pagan civilisation, and the enduring power of Marian devotion
Clement Harrold
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