Life

Rest is part of God’s design for human life, and the summer holidays offer families an opportunity to rediscover leisure as a time for gratitude, prayer and renewal

Bérengère Darlison

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

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders the administration was working with federal agencies to make the effects of the Dobbs ruling permanent across the United States

Christine Rousselle

The tech entrepreneur’s supposed ‘clone’ raises troubling questions about ambition, longevity, scientific responsibility and the dignity owed to human life

Jacqueline O'Hara

Cardinal Robert McElroy says publicity surrounding exorcists risks undermining the Church's careful teaching on demons and exorcism

Christine Rousselle

Modern life increasingly promises instant access to everything, but many of the deepest human goods still require patience, sacrifice and effort

Delphine Chui

From heirlooms and shared meals to prayer and welcome, the Catholic home should place people before things and God before everything

Bérengère Darlison

In an age of convenience and consumption, the quiet discipline of labour offers a path towards service, sacrifice and human flourishing

Dominic Perrem

As communities weaken and families become more isolated, parents are increasingly asked to carry burdens that were once shared across a wider social world

Delphine Chui

At the Royal Stuart Society’s centenary dinner, a surviving attachment to the Stuart cause offered a reflection on monarchy, legitimacy and the place of tradition in modern political life

HJA Sire