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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
Five unavoidable problems for atheism
From reason and free will to morality and consciousness, atheism struggles to account for some of the most basic features of human existence
Clement Harrold
Beyond eros: recovering the fuller meaning of love
Christianity offers a richer vision of love than modern culture’s fixation on romance, one rooted in friendship, sacrifice and willing the good of the other
Delphine Chui
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
Ruadhan Jones
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
Lola Salem
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
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
In defence of nepotism
A culture obsessed with meritocracy risks overlooking the moral legitimacy of prioritising the family and its obligations
Delphine Chui
America still needs heroes
In an age of division and discouragement, the courage of Oklahoma high school principal Kirk Moore shows what still inspires and unites
Jacqueline O'Hara
Interview with Joseph Pearce: Why Middle-earth is not a pagan myth
Joseph Pearce and Jan C Bentz examine the theological vision in Tolkien’s fiction, from providence and liturgy to the Catholic imagination
Jan C. Bentz
The case against crony corporatism
How the alliance between large corporations and the regulatory state risks long-term economic stagnation and social peril
Declan J. Ganley
The war between the sexes isn’t accidental
The growing mistrust between men and women is not only a social phenomenon but a spiritual one, and Catholics should resist answering it with either blame or despair
Delphine Chui
Lola Salem on… the Anglo-Gaullist mirage
As British thinkers reach for Gaullist inspiration, Lola Salem questions whether a borrowed myth can restore a nation increasingly unsure of its own story and inheritance
Lola Salem
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