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Theology, liturgy, and the slow questions. The kind of writing you read twice.
The Anglican bishops who made the Abortion Act possible
The history of the Abortion Act 1967 cannot be told without recognising the role Church of England bishops played in its passage
Peter Day-Milne
Why the Church cannot ordain women
Arguments for women’s ordination often assume a power the Church says she does not possess and has never claimed to exercise
Luke Collins
Growing up ‘trad’
Five young adults reflect on growing up with the traditional Mass, exploring how its patterns of prayer and formation shape both faith and later relationships with the Church
Josephine Fütterer
Faith, politics and the rise of MAGA Catholics
As the political loyalties of many American Catholics shift from Democrat roots to Republican loyalties, the consequences for unity within the Church are becoming harder to ignore
Fr Dwight Longenecker
Has Europe’s emerging Right rediscovered faith?
A discreet gathering in Vienna reveals an intellectual Right reassessing secular assumptions and turning again to Christianity for answers
Thomas Colsy
The robots have taken over Notre Dame
From automated food delivery to optional safeguards, the university needs to get serious about protecting the wellbeing of its students
Clement Harrold
The Ordinariate at fifteen: rumours and reality
As the Ordinariate marks its anniversary, celebration gives way to clarification of its liturgical identity following unfounded rumours
Fr Mark Elliott Smith
A quiet renewal in Michigan
The Diocese of Lansing has seen notable renewal in recent years, a development its bishop attributes above all to God and faithful clergy
David Kerr
Crossing the Tiber: why some Anglican clergy hesitate
For Anglican clergy discerning conversion, questions of livelihood, formation and responsibility remain unresolved
Msgr Michael Nazir-Ali
The Church of England is confused
Sarah Mullally’s elevation invites renewed debate over whether the Church of England still shares in the religious inheritance of early English Christianity
Thomas Colsy
Latin conquers all in America’s Catholic classrooms
As parents lose confidence in conventional schooling, Catholic classical schools are offering a rigorous alternative rooted in truth, beauty and goodness
William Morton
The Church and the dangers of bureaucracy
The experience of preparing candidates for Confirmation highlights how easily policies and procedures can displace pastoral judgement and distort the Church’s mission
Patrick Neve
Ireland’s unrest and the limits of liberal consensus
As demonstrations multiply across Ireland and the West, a Catholic perspective points to a crisis of meaning beneath the surface of public anger
Ruadhan Jones
The Church cannot afford to downplay sexual sin
Pope Leo is right to insist that morality is wider than sex alone, but that truth should not lead Catholics to minimise the profound social and spiritual damage of sexual sin
Anthony McCarthy
Pope Leo narrows the reading of Fiducia Supplicans
Without formally undoing Fiducia Supplicans, Pope Leo XIV appears to have drawn tighter limits around its interpretation and pastoral use
James Bradbury
Out with the ‘feel-good’, in with tradition
Parish life is taking on a renewed sense of reverence, as recent data points to a more conservative generation of younger priests
Jacqueline O'Hara
Rome must confront China’s persecution of Catholics
The Vatican’s cautious approach to Beijing is no longer tenable in the face of mounting repression
Benedict Rogers
Charity and limits: a Catholic case for restricting immigration
Catholic teaching on immigration is often reduced to a single imperative, but the tradition also affirms the duty of states to safeguard the common good
Luke Collins
Bishop Barron’s accidental liberalism
In seeking common ground, Bishop Barron’s account of just war and Church–state relations may unintentionally weaken the Church’s role in moral judgement
Patrick Neve
How St George became England’s patron saint
Long before modern arguments about identity, St George had already been claimed by England as a saint whose witness stood above blood, region and politics
Andrew Cusack
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