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The nuclear family cannot do everything alone
As communities weaken and families become more isolated, parents are increasingly asked to carry burdens that were once shared across a wider social world
Delphine Chui
Saturday Read: The young priest who would not abandon his flock
The life and death of Blessed János Brenner reveal the quiet courage of a young priest whose fidelity to his vocation outlasted the regime that sought to silence him
Andrew Cusack
June is the holiest month
The Church’s calendar reveals June as a month rich in saints, solemnities and reminders of God’s plan for human flourishing
Clement Harrold
Two cheers for Stoicism
Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations contain profound moral insights that often resonate with Christian teaching, yet Stoicism ultimately cannot answer the deepest questions about suffering, grace and eternal hope
Clement Harrold
Lola Salem on… the erosion of taste
The collapse of criticism as a rigorous practice has left contemporary culture increasingly unable to recognise or cultivate excellence
Lola Salem
The human cost of Colorado’s abortion regime
The death of a Colorado teenager following a second-trimester abortion has reignited debate over whether unrestricted abortion laws truly serve women’s health and safety
Jacqueline O'Hara
How the monasteries made Britain
Joseph Kelly's 'Long Reign of Silence' argues that monasteries shaped Britain's learning, government and culture – and that their destruction transformed the nation
Jan C. Bentz
The fire that remakes
The Church’s great mystics understood that the Holy Spirit does not preserve complacency, but breaks open the soul in order to renew it
Gavin Ashenden
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
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