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Death in the Catholic imagination
David Hahn reflects on the Catholic understanding of death, contrasting it with a sanitised secular view that pays little attention to its eternal consequences
David Hahn
Sacramental imagination and the recovery of enchantment
Modernity claims to have stripped the world of meaning, but Tolkien offers a vision in which reality remains charged with significance
Jan C. Bentz
Europe’s crypts still have lessons for the living
Among the Habsburg tombs of Vienna, a culture uneasy with death meets enduring truths about mortality
Georgia L. Gilholy
Chartres shows why Mary matters
A pilgrimage to Chartres and a visit to the Colosseum illuminate the moral gulf between Christian and pagan civilisation, and the enduring power of Marian devotion
Clement Harrold
Rise in anti-Catholic rhetoric strains US religious unity
Disputes among public figures and commentators are testing fragile interfaith alliances in American politics
Jacqueline O'Hara
America’s legal pushback against transgender ideology
Court rulings, malpractice lawsuits and new legislation are beginning to challenge the legal foundations of transgender policy in the United States
Ken Craycraft
From homelessness to belonging
As rough sleeping reaches record levels in England, community initiatives are offering practical ways to help people move from homelessness towards stability and belonging
Bonnie Williams
Lola Salem on… Emotion
From the Psalms to baroque music, the Christian inheritance shows how genuine feeling emerges not from spectacle but from restraint, craft and grace
Lola Salem
Recognition comes at a cost for China’s Catholics
The promise of reconciliation after the Vatican–China agreement has, for some Catholics, given way to renewed pressure, division and a sense of abandonment
Ruowang Li
Why some Catholics will look to Restore Britain
A new political movement promising to defend Britain’s Christian heritage raises questions about where Catholics should place their political support
Connor Tomlinson
Indiana ruling raises questions about religious freedom and abortion law
Critics warn a recent court decision upholding a religious freedom challenge to the state’s pro-life law could influence similar legal strategies across the United States
Jacqueline O'Hara
What we really know about St Patrick
Modern celebrations of St Patrick’s Day may have become largely secular, yet the historical figure behind them remains one of the most remarkable missionaries of the early Church
Melanie McDonagh
The Price of Love and the limits of a parallel society
A recent speech on integration and Sabatina James’s powerful memoir raise unsettling questions about whether a country can sustain two incompatible moral and legal worlds within its borders
Declan J. Ganley
Dissent and double standards at ‘Where Peter Is’
A site known for denouncing dissent has published an article suggesting that the Church’s teaching on Holy Orders may be open to debate
Edward Feser
The irreversible consequences of California’s war on parents
The Supreme Court ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta has paused California’s policy of keeping parents in the dark about their children’s gender identity, raising deeper questions about its lasting consequences
Jacqueline O'Hara
Innocence, innuendo and the limits of humour
The backlash against Frida’s sexualised marketing reopens deeper questions about how a culture should protect the innocence of childhood
Daisy-Mae Inglese
Five lessons on Catholic fatherhood I learned from my Dad
Five lessons on Catholic fatherhood I learned from my Dad
David Hahn
Agatha Christie and the reality of sin
At the heart of the mystery writer’s anthropology lies the conviction that sin is a cancer to which none of us is wholly immune
Clement Harrold
Don’t write off Catholic Ireland just yet
Despite falling Mass attendance and fragile public trust, rising numbers of converts and returning Catholics suggest a more complicated story
Ruadhan Jones
Make London Bridge great again
Reimagining London Bridge could stand as a visible link between Britain’s past achievements and its future aspirations
Declan J. Ganley
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