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Woe to us if we do not preach the Gospel

Evangelisation takes many forms, but every Catholic shares the duty of making Christ known to others

The Catholic world of the Bayeux Tapestry

Nearly a thousand years after its creation, the Bayeux Tapestry reveals how foreign the Catholic England of 1066 can now seem to us

Study raises questions about gender ideology and political violence

New research from the US Department of Health and Human Services examines the relationship between gender ideology, authoritarian attitudes and political violence

Jacqueline O'Hara

The peace that the world cannot give

Political settlements may end wars, but the Christian understanding of peace reaches deeper, to charity, conversion and reconciliation with God

Theology of the Body points beyond itself

Marriage is a profound sign of divine love, but its meaning is understood by looking towards the reality it signifies rather than reading sexual imagery back into sacred things

The danger of compassion without conscience

The Lindsay Clancy trial raises difficult questions about mental illness, culpability and a culture in which sympathy for the distressed adult can leave the innocent out of view

Parish mergers are not inevitable

The successful challenge to two parish mergers in Buffalo shows that laypeople need not regard parish closures and mergers as inevitable

The virtuous fear we’ve forgotten

Scripture repeatedly presents fear of the Lord as the beginning of wisdom, but understanding this neglected virtue requires distinguishing filial fear from mere fear of punishment

Clement Harrold

Politics can defeat assisted suicide

With another vote on assisted suicide approaching, Catholics should recognise that parliamentary procedure, organisation and persistence can make the difference

The troubling lesson of Baby Gabriel

McKenna West refused to end her pregnancy after the child she was carrying was diagnosed with a serious heart condition – and found herself at the centre of a bitter legal dispute

Jacqueline O'Hara