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Lola Salem on the domestic Upper Room
In an age of fragmentation and utility, how families might recover the older tradition of forming minds and souls at home
Lola Salem
The dangers of performative faith
The growth of Catholic media has opened new paths to conversion, but the deepest witness to Christ still comes through lives transformed from within
Noelle Mering
Courage in the age of cancel culture
Pentecost reminds us that Christian witness is not about winning arguments, but about speaking with clarity, love and freedom from fear
Delphine Chui
Why you should go on retreat
From St Ignatius Loyola to Mother Teresa, the saints understood retreat not as escape, but as the place where vocation becomes clear
Jack Valero
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
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
Why imperfect family prayer may be the most honest kind
Family prayer is rarely neat or uninterrupted, but it can teach parents a deeper kind of trust
Matt Chicoine
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
In defence of nepotism
A culture obsessed with meritocracy risks overlooking the moral legitimacy of prioritising the family and its obligations
Delphine Chui
Discernment involves action
Prayer and careful thought matter, but without action discernment remains an educated guess rather than a tested reality
Kerri Christopher
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
How fatherlessness fuels the manosphere
Beneath the rhetoric of the manosphere lies a recurring story of family breakdown, fatherlessness and the loss of moral formation
Isabel Gibbens
In praise of the married man
David Hahn makes the case for the married man, arguing that matrimony offers both the adventure and stability modern men are told it cannot
David Hahn
The price we pay for not paying attention
In an age of screens, notifications and fractured concentration, the simple act of being fully present has become both difficult and deeply necessary
Delphine Chui
From childless by choice to parental regret
As essays on parental regret become more visible, they do more than describe experience, they help construct a narrative that may shape how others approach the question of having children
Noelle Mering
Beyond therapy: rediscovering community and Confession
As therapy becomes more widespread, the Church’s sacrament of Confession offers something distinct yet complementary to modern approaches to emotional wellbeing
Delphine Chui
One year a Catholic
Convert Oscar Yuill on the highs and lows of crossing the Tiber from Protestantism into full communion with the Catholic Church
Oscar Yuill
Why I am being baptised today — and returning to Lourdes on Monday
Emma Hallinan on her journey from agnosticism to Baptism, and why she is returning to Lourdes just days later
Emma Hallinan
Why Catholics should take the dating crisis seriously
Many young adults still desire marriage, but weakened social structures, low confidence and digital habits have made dating far harder than older generations often realise
Delphine Chui
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