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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
From ‘fiat’ to fruit: what the Annunciation means for marriage
By reflecting on Mary’s ‘yes’, the Annunciation invites spouses to see marriage as a self-giving participation in God’s creative love
Adelaide di Maggio
The return of wonder
Medieval mystery plays and Shakespeare point to a culture that once understood wonder and what has been lost in its absence
Dominic Perrem
Finding God in the age of the algorithm
Young adults are encountering Christianity through digital platforms, raising both new opportunities and new challenges for the Church
Delphine Chui
How self-reflection aids discernment
Discernment requires more than prayer and action: it also demands the honest self-reflection that helps cultivate the virtue of prudence
Kerri Christopher
The prospects and perils of reviving gender roles
As young people rediscover gender roles, the Church must show the difference between authentic tradition and online chauvinism
Portia Berry-Kilby
The return of silence in an age of noise
As modern life grows louder and more distracted, young people are discovering that the Church’s ancient understanding of silence offers a deeper response than digital detox
Delphine Chui
Choosing to be present
In a distracted age, remembering the stillness of childhood may help us rediscover how naturally we first came to know the presence of God
Dominic Perrem
Women’s magazines are narrowing the space for dissent
By replacing debate with rigid conformity, women’s magazines risk failing the very constituency they claim to serve
Delphine Chui
Encouraging one another in dark times
In a season of post-festive gloom and social atomisation, the Epistle to the Hebrews offers a quietly radical command
James Jeffrey
Seven children is a small family
Dominic Perrem reflects on family life, human inadequacy and why openness to children remains a path to love and sanctification
Dominic Perrem
How Netflix is reshaping children’s moral imagination
In an age of unavoidable screen time, parents must ask how it shapes children's formation
Daisy-Mae Inglese
The return of Catholic clubland in London
As digital life fragments community, the revival of the Challoner Club signals a renewed desire for shared membership and rooted fellowship
Delphine Chui
The Catholic case for working from home
Remote working may not maximise GDP, but it strengthens families, local communities and the dignity of labour
Portia Berry-Kilby
What does it mean to pray about a decision?
When Catholics are told to “pray about it,” the advice is sound. But prayer is not a mechanism for extracting instructions from God. It is the foundation of discernment finds Kerri Christopher
Kerri Christopher
We live by men’s rhythms, but God gave women their own
Modern life is structured around male biological patterns, but the female body follows a different rhythm that deserves recognition, respect and theological seriousness
Delphine Chui
Rediscovering risk: Lessons from the parable of the talents
Christ’s warning against burying our talents speaks directly to a Western culture paralysed by fear, safetyism, and aversion to responsibility
Declan J. Ganley
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