Lent is not merely a season of restraint but a summons to spiritual combat, in which the Christian, following Christ into the wilderness, learns discipline and self-mastery

Remote working may not maximise GDP, but it strengthens families, local communities and the dignity of labour

For the Anglican Church to be serious about slavery, it should acknowledge its historic persecution of Catholics in Britain and Ireland

Cardinal Willem Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht, will preside at a solemn Pontifical Mass in the traditional form of the Roman Rite in Oss, marking his first public celebration of the older liturgy in the Netherlands

Civil War rhetoric is returning to American politics, but without a Lincoln to summon the better angels of our nature

John the Baptist’s stark warning about judgement reveals that the Gospel is good news only because it first confronts us with the truth about sin

Actress, playwright, congresswoman and ambassador: her conversion 80 years ago marked a turning point in an extraordinary career

Melanie McDonagh attends Richard Moth’s installation as Archbishop of Westminster, where frank words on abuse and a call to evangelisation set the tone for his ministry 

Michael White reflects on recent performances of Bach, James MacMillan, Bernstein and Sondheim, and on how great music still illuminates the human search for meaning

Pro-life advocate Dr Joanna Howe has shared a picture of a baby born alive after a failed abortion in Queensland who was then left to die whilst sucking their thumb

Bishop Marian Eleganti has said that episcopal consecrations carried out without papal approval would rupture canonical unity with Rome, while urging the Vatican to address concerns raised by traditionalist faithful

In his exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, St Augustine explains that Christ deepens the commandment against killing by condemning unjust anger, revealing a moral progression from interior resentment to outward condemnation, and warning of corresponding degrees of divine judgment

The public departure of a young Italian priest has revived old debates about celibacy, but the Church’s teaching rests on a deeper vision of self-giving love

The 40 days of Lent echo the Flood, Sinai and the wilderness. In Christ, that ancient pattern of testing becomes our participation in His victory

New figures from the Department of Health and Social Care show an increase in disability-selective abortions in England and Wales, with campaigners raising concerns about the implications of current abortion law

Tensions outside a political conference in Lyon have left a young Catholic dead and prompted a criminal investigation into aggravated violence

As Rome presses the SSPX to delay controversial consecrations, questions over Jimmy Lai, Fulton Sheen and the Pope’s travel plans frame a week of waiting

In this passage from his Theology of the Body, Pope St John Paul II affirms the goodness of marriage while explaining how continence for the kingdom of heaven flows from the same truth about human love, self-gift and communion rooted in God’s design

A major exhibition in Rome explores the relationship between Gian Lorenzo Bernini and Pope Urban VIII as the Vatican marks the 400th anniversary of the consecration of St Peter’s Basilica

Matthew Parris accuses Catholics of frustrating the assisted suicide campaign. Yet opposition to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill stretches far beyond the Church