Soul

The interior life — prayer, the saints, and the slow work of holiness.

The Ascension is Christ’s enthronement

Christ ascended not to retreat from creation, but to rule it from the right hand of the Father

Saturday Read: What did Pope St Leo the Great ever do for us?

From confronting Attila the Hun to shaping the theology of Chalcedon, Leo the Great helped guide the Church through the end of the ancient world while offering lessons for turbulent times

Dear Father: Can Sunday sport come before family Mass?

As Sunday sport increasingly competes with worship, a priest explains how Catholic parents can support a teenager’s ambitions without losing sight of the importance of Mass

The Herald Chaplain

Confronting the challenge of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence is neither a demonic force nor a neutral convenience, but a serious tool that demands moral responsibility and careful reflection from Catholics

“Lift up your ancient gates!”

In this soaring homily on the Ascension, St Gregory of Nyssa reflects on the psalms of David, Christ’s victory over death and humanity’s call to ascend with him

St Gregory of Nyssa

How Fr Daniel Seward led us home

A former parishioner recalls the Oxford Oratory priest whose patient teaching helped shape her Catholic faith

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

Saint Pancras: the teenage martyr behind London’s great station

The Roman martyr Saint Pancras gave his name to one of London’s great railway stations, though few travellers know the story of the teenage saint behind it

“If You Love Me”: St Augustine on the gift of the Spirit

In this reflection on Christ’s promise of the Paraclete, St Augustine shows that love, obedience and the gift of the Holy Spirit are inseparable

St Augustine of Hippo

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

Who were the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales?

Clergy and laity alike shaped the legacy of the Forty Martyrs, whose lives illuminate both sacrifice and the sustaining culture of the Faith

St Asaph: an elusive Welsh saint

How a disciple of St Mungo gave his name to one of Britain’s smallest cathedral cities

Why May belongs to Our Lady

The month of May offers Catholics a renewed opportunity for gratitude, prayer and devotion to Our Lady

Why prayer to the saints is not idolatry

Examining the distinction between worship and veneration and its implications for prayer to the saints within the wider life of the Church

Forming hearts of charity in an age of confusion

The challenge of forming hearts of charity in children amid a culture increasingly marked by isolation and loss of meaning

St Augustine on Christ the door and shepherd

In this sermon on St John’s Gospel, St Augustine reflects on Christ as the door of the sheepfold and the true shepherd whose voice the faithful must learn to hear

St Augustine of Hippo

The Resurrection of the Body

The Church teaches the resurrection of the body, yet its meaning is often left unexplored in practical terms

Fr Gavan Jennings

St George still matters

England’s patron saint was a martyr of the early Church whose fame spread across Christendom long before he became a focus of English chivalric life

‘The blessedness of peace-making’ from On the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount

In a sermon on the Beatitudes, Pope Saint Leo the Great sets out what it means to be a peacemaker, linking true peace to obedience to God and the unity of the soul

St Leo the Great

A Lenten leveller in the Tyne Valley

A retreat with the Order of Malta in Northumberland brings together the wounded and the devout in a shared search for God

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