History

Catholics should remember that while Leo XIII offered a warning against Americanism but also a profound appreciation of the Republic’s religious liberty

Patrick Neve

As America marks its 250th Independence Day, the election of Leo XIV invites fresh reflection on Leo XIII’s warning against adapting the Church to the spirit of the age

Fr Dwight Longenecker

The election of Pope Leo XIV offers an opportunity to reflect on the place of Catholicism in the American experiment and the freedoms that have allowed the Church to flourish

Christopher Ruddy

New testimony from Jesuit priests and Hitchcock's family suggests that the director's lifelong relationship with the Catholic Church was more enduring than many biographers have claimed

Tony Lee Moral

What if our fascination with decline reveals not the collapse of civilisation, but a crisis of historical imagination?

Lola Salem

Acquired during the Fourth Crusade and preserved through revolution, the relic venerated at Amiens Cathedral is among the most extraordinary survivals of the medieval Christian world

Melanie McDonagh

In a remarkable and happy family of eight siblings, six entered the Trappists – and five met their earthly fate at Auschwitz

Andrew Cusack

Ahead of her 102nd birthday, Wiltshire resident Irene Zlotnicki looks back on a life spanning the Second World War, Vatican II and the transformation of Britain’s religious landscape

Clement Harrold

A healthy society depends on a bargain between leaders and the led: responsibility from the powerful, accountability from the people and moral guidance from the Church

Patrick Neve

As debates over wealth dominate public discourse, Chesterton’s account of civilisational decline points towards a different diagnosis and a different remedy

Ruadhan Jones