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Fianna Fáil and the loss of de Valera’s vision

Once the dominant force in Irish politics, Fianna Fáil now faces difficult questions about what remains of the ideals that animated its founder

The new industrial revolution is already here

The information age is reshaping rural America in ways that echo the early Industrial Revolution, concentrating wealth while hollowing out communities

Oxford and the surviving Marian imagination of medieval England

From New College to Blackfriars, Oxford’s chapels, gatehouses and libraries retain traces of a Marian culture that once shaped the intellectual life of the university

Saturday Read: What did Pope St Leo the Great ever do for us?

From confronting Attila the Hun to shaping the theology of Chalcedon, Leo the Great helped guide the Church through the end of the ancient world while offering lessons for turbulent times

Confronting the challenge of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is neither a demonic force nor a neutral convenience, but a serious tool that demands moral responsibility and careful reflection from Catholics

Notre Dame still refuses to take pornography seriously

After years of opposing students who sought a campus pornography ban, Notre Dame is now celebrating an “optional” filter that critics say amounts to little more than a symbolic gesture

Jacqueline O'Hara

Rooting out hidden vice

True self-knowledge requires more than admitting sin in general; it demands the difficult work of recognising the specific vices that shape our lives

Clement Harrold

The rise of the global under-economy

Organised fraud has become a defining feature of the globalised economy, yet the Church has been hesitant to confront the moral obligations that accompany solidarity

The monks of Norcia: Benedict’s sons return

From suppression under Napoleon to destruction by earthquake, the Benedictines of Norcia have rebuilt their monastic life through prayer, work and perseverance

Fr Dwight Longenecker

Is surrogacy a form of slavery? Florida may soon decide

A Florida judge has questioned whether surrogacy contracts violate constitutional protections against slavery, reopening a fierce debate about the status of unborn children

Jacqueline O'Hara

Lessons from 1964: What Catholics learned from the ‘intermediate’ Mass

Research into the liturgical reforms introduced before the Novus Ordo reveals that confusion, resistance and division were already apparent long before 1969

Why Nick Fuentes appeals to some young Catholics

The controversial commentator has gained influence among those young Catholic men who are dissatisfied with what they see as a cautious and managerial culture

Catholic weddings in Ireland down by half in 10 years

New figures show a sharp decline in Catholic ceremonies alongside a rise in civil and alternative weddings

DOJ prosecutors ‘fantasised about prosecuting Catholic nuns'

Newly surfaced messages from a Justice Department prosecutor, now a congressional candidate, prompt concern among Catholics in Virginia and beyond

Jacqueline O'Hara

Beyond conversion: Newman’s forgotten priority

St John Henry Newman warned that the Church should not measure its vitality by conversions alone, but by the formation of a Catholic mind

The Church’s social media problem

The Church has clear teaching on the use of media, yet much of its institutional social media presence still fails to speak the language of the platforms it inhabits

Who were the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales?

Clergy and laity alike shaped the legacy of the Forty Martyrs, whose lives illuminate both sacrifice and the sustaining culture of the Faith

Ireland is being pushed towards abortion without limits

Since the repeal of the Eighth Amendment, Ireland has seen tens of thousands of abortions and continued pressure for further liberalisation despite promises that abortion would be rare

Saturday Read: Persia’s forgotten Christian queen

Before the rise of Islam, Sasanian Persia sheltered a remarkable Christian world whose memory still lingers in poetry, legend and cinema

Lola Salem on… the boycott crisis in the arts

A new report reveals how fear, informal sanctions and reputational anxiety are reshaping artistic life and narrowing the space for creative risk

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