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The dangers of AI in a decadent society
The greatest cultural threat posed by artificial intelligence may not be job losses or misinformation, but the erosion of the time and discipline needed for genuine human creativity
Patrick Neve
Dear Father: Should eulogies be permitted at funeral Masses?
The Church’s teaching on funeral Masses helps explain why eulogies can be pastorally and liturgically problematic
The Herald Chaplain
The Christian duty to be less informed
In an age of viral outrage, manipulated clips and endless commentary, Christians should resist both convenient falsehoods and the compulsion to know everything
Luke Collins
Punk at 50: freedom, rebellion and the void
The fury of punk exposed the decay of post-war Britain, yet the movement left behind a cultural void it could not fill
Ruadhan Jones
Truth in an age of confusion
The contrast between the Tower of Babel and Pentecost offers a powerful lesson about the dangers of pride and the transformative power of the Holy Spirit
Jacqueline O'Hara
America’s Declaration and the paradox of unalienable rights
The moral paradoxes at the heart of the American founding continue to shape debates over liberty, equality and the limits of liberal individualism
Ken Craycraft
The charismatic movement: the good, the bad and the ugly
A personal and historical reflection on the charismatic movement’s promise, its excesses and its enduring spiritual appeal
Fr Dwight Longenecker
In Yeats’s bee-loud glade
In the hives of rural Galway, one beekeeper has found a living lesson in providence, stewardship and the quiet wisdom of the natural order
Declan J. Ganley
Lay-led liturgies won’t save the Irish Church
Ireland’s priest shortage is real, but lay-led liturgies risk deepening confusion while delaying necessary reform
Ruadhan Jones
No saint is an island
From the Apostles to the modern era, the history of the Church reveals how holy friendships have nourished sanctity and strengthened the Mystical Body of Christ
Clement Harrold
Have we made wellness a new religion?
Modern wellness culture promises peace through discipline, optimisation and control, but for many it has produced only deeper anxiety and exhaustion
Delphine Chui
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
Jan C. Bentz
Why Catholics need to build a more attractive culture
Catholics are often effective at critiquing modern culture, but less confident in creating an attractive alternative rooted in beauty, truth and goodness
Delphine Chui
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
Patrick Neve
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
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
Joseph Shaw
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
Luke Collins
Beyond therapy: the soul’s need for God
From Dante to Viktor Frankl, the search for meaning points beyond psychological wellbeing towards the soul’s ultimate end in God
Jan C. Bentz
A study in grief and grace
A thoughtful revival of William Nicholson’s play traces CS Lewis’s unexpected marriage to Joy Davidman and the spiritual questions it provoked
Georgia L. Gilholy
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