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Why the kids dress like the future is already over
Despite the deliberate, depressing depersonalisation of appearances that so many teenagers are embracing today, it doesn’t appear to be an indication of an inner condition
Chris Yates
The ladies of Trianon
Two Oxford women saw the ghost of Marie Antoinette... or did they?
Lucy Lethbridge
A survey of English churches named after the great martyr
A fair number of Catholic churches have been dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury since the Second Catholic Relief Act which allowed Catholic churches to be detached buildings
Michael Hodges
The case for St John's assumption
From Ephesus to Augustine to Aquinas, Christian memory preserves an extraordinary claim: that the body of St John the Apostle was never found
Thomas Colsy
Diocese of Clifton discontinues support of same-sex adoption-charity
Following an investigation by the Catholic Herald, the diocese will remove support from CCS adoption
Niwa Limbu
Why the U.S. strike in Nigeria was justified
The Christmas Day airstrikes in Nigeria marked a rare instance of a Western power acknowledging religious persecution as a concrete evil
The Catholic Herald
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
Saint Joseph: The father who became prayer
This reflection considers Saint Joseph as a man who “became prayer,” whose listening obedience unites contemplation and action in the face of hatred and darkness
Br. Damiano Pio CFR
Celebrating childlessness is a sign of civilisational decline
From DINK culture to climate anxiety, childlessness is increasingly framed as moral and aspirational. This Christmastide, the Holy Family exposes the poverty of that vision
Delphine Chui
The Holy Innocents and the violence of a fallen world
The Feast of the Holy Innocents forces us to confront the cost of the Incarnation, as divine love enters a fallen world and exposes the violence, fear and pride that resist it
Gavin Ashenden
Cardinal Pizzaballa: Germany’s Synodal Path is irrelevant
The Latin Patriarch reflects on war, pilgrimage, Christian unity and why Western church debates do not resonate in the Middle East
Regina Einig
What happens when we stop and look at the Crucifix
From Dalí’s Crucifixion to Jung on Ignatius, Dame Rachel de Souza meditates on stillness and meaning
Dame Rachel de Souza
The Guardian’s coverage of Opus Dei treats facts as optional
The report shows how narrative framing and anonymous claims can be allowed to outrun verifiable facts, with papal insinuation used to inflate a limited local dispute into a global Church story
Niwa Limbu
Christmas in Gaza
Despite a ceasefire and talk of progress, Christian clergy in Gaza describe a territory still trapped between war and peace
The Catholic Herald
Brother Giles’s Christmas
An abridged version of a Christmas story by the early-20th-century Catholic author whose writing blends fairy tales and miracles
Enid Dinnis
Bishop David Waller on the feast of Stephen
Bishop David Waller, the Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, reflects on what St Stephen’s example teaches us about Christmas
Bishop David Waller
Interview: Cardinal Burke on the liturgy, Christmas, and the conclave
In a Christmas Day interview, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke speaks about the conclave, the liturgy, and why young Catholics are turning towards tradition
Jan C. Bentz
The sound of the season: choirs, carols, and moral memory
As Advent gives way to Christmas, Britain’s choral tradition reaches its annual peak — from Handel’s Messiah and festive carols to music shaped by war, witness, and faith
Michael White
The mince pie as an act of resistance
Mince pies are not just seasonal indulgences. They are relics of medieval Catholic England, survivors of Reformation iconoclasm, and quiet witnesses to a long struggle over faith
Thomas Colsy
Summoning the Christmas spirit
The Christmas classics worth returning to are those that still take faith seriously
Julia Hamilton
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