Chapter House

St Josemaría Escrivá and St Thomas Aquinas offer a way to speak frankly about the faith without confusing courage with bad manners

David Hahn

Friends and family gathered at Buckfast Abbey for the Requiem Mass of former cabinet minister and prominent Catholic convert Ann Widdecombe

The Catholic Herald

By drawing the laity into official Church structures, synodalism misunderstands both Vatican II and the realities of modern civil society

Msgr Martin Grichting

The debate over IVF is not simply about reproductive technology, but about whether human life is something to be received or an outcome to be achieved

Michael J Robinson

The historical evidence for the Assumption may be late and uncertain, but Catholic belief rests on more than historical argument alone

Fr Dwight Longenecker

From the Agatha Christie indult to a 56-mile pilgrimage through Norfolk, the Latin Mass Society has spent six decades keeping the old rite alive

Luke Collins

Friendship, community and confidence in American institutions are declining among young men, even as signs of renewed religious belief emerge

Jacqueline O'Hara

In a sedentary age, Catholics should balance fasting and asceticism with the physical discipline needed to keep the body fit for service of the soul

David Hahn

The old ideal of the wealthy as stewards of society has faded, but Catholics can begin rebuilding a culture of responsibility, generosity and magnanimity

Silas Mähner

Penelope’s test of the marriage bed is more than an exhibition of guile: it is the beating heart of the Odyssey

Fr Gavan Jennings