History

This remarkable priest’s unwavering Catholic faith, eccentric personality and extraordinary gift for making converts left a lasting mark on the English church

Mark McGinness

During a time of grave political crisis, Margaret Brent demonstrated that prudence, competence and courage could determine the fate of an entire colony

Andrew Cusack

Augustine found in Psalm 4 a searching account of the restless human heart and the hope that comes only from resting in God, a lesson that still speaks powerfully today

Clement Harrold

From Limerick and Culloden to Maryland and Philadelphia, the experiences of Catholic exiles formed an often-overlooked strand in the story of American independence

Declan J. Ganley

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

Squanto’s extraordinary life helped secure the survival of Plymouth – and raises the intriguing possibility that one of Protestant New England’s founding figures was also one of America’s earliest Catholics

Andrew Cusack

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

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