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Niall Gooch
The loss of Christian observance has left men and women adrift from one another
Why Catholicism outlives its critics
The clarity and coherence of the Catholic moral code and road to redemption will always bring people to the faith
Happily ever after? Secular modernity's irrational discomfort with boy meets girl
A time to keep silence?: The Church’s problems will not be solved by papal grandstanding
How are the mighty fallen – or pushed
Did Homer Simpson have a point when he told God that not being a 'bad guy' is more important than going to church?
How to properly encounter beauty, truth and goodness
Critics are wrong to accuse Pope Pius XII of inactivity during Holocaust
An app to reveal how the BBC has long given up on neutrality
The two Christmases
Christmas is both a remembrance of the Incarnation and a winter festival of light
Bending the rules in children's literature
The cautionary tale of Breaking Bad
Pride and resentment can lead to desperately bad decisions
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a terrible battle
When humanists fall out with each other
The great Christian humanists of the Renaissance, men like Erasmus of Rotterdam and St Thomas More, were committed to the Church even while producing superb scholarship
Pope Francis should not be criticised for promoting a settlement in Ukraine
It is easy to get distracted from what really matters in life
Rock of Ages
The Carthusian motto reminds us of the Church’s constancy in times of peril
The Church has a part to play in preserving culture, the arts and sciences
Words and deeds
The debate on whether Pope Pius XII should have done more against the Nazis continues
The enduring power of the Christian funeral
The Poetry of The Mass
That many aspects of God’s nature and plans remain mysterious, at least during our earthly lives, has been a longstanding theme of Christian writing.
The steep and rugged pathway
Lent looms. But for members of Exodus 90, a sort of rigorous abstinence the Desert Fathers might recognise has been a way of life since 17 January
Unwelcome alteration
On the 30th anniversary of its publication, a book about the Reformation explains how Christianity was robbed of its magic and mystery
Following St Francis
Clergy ID cards are nothing more than a gimmick
Finding the key to an interior life
A delightful book, published in 1948, still has the power to entrance children
More channel migrants is not the Christian response
Review: 'My year with God' by Svend Brinkmann
Freer than we used to be? We have replaced an imperfect sexual culture with a ruinous one
What will the Pontifical Academy for Life conclude on the use of artificial intelligence?
Countering scepticism and the value of apologetics
Positive parallels between the Commonwealth and the Church
Challenging liberal Christianity: Jesus gave very clear warnings about losing ‘saltiness’
January blues
How our spiritual resources help us endure the bleak midwinter
Maintaining the Christmas spirit
The secret to overcoming the anticlimax of January is to set oneself easy goals
The Catholic case for exploring the Deep
When the wind has flayed the trees: melancholia and the season
Come on you Spurs!: Too much efficiency and rule-following can stunt our lives
Symbolic stance
Churches must take care, when hanging flags, to differentiate between the political and the eternal
Why the Holy Father and Victor Orbán will forever be at odds
The Holy Father’s vision of Christian politics doesn't account for the realities of governing a nation state
The Green Man on the King’s card
'Christmas, A Message of Hope': a GB News special for the festive weekend
Why Pope Francis chose Hungary for his speech on 'ideological colonisation'
Oh, for a clearer walk with God
If homilies are to be engaging, regardless of length, a greater effort must be made, while training candidates for the priesthood, in how to speak
There is a wealth of peaceful, prayerful heritage in the old churches across our land
The Church must deal with abuse head-on if it wants to recover its moral authority
Squabbling over the Old Rite
The internal debate about the Latin Mass has little effect on the Church’s outreach and is unlikely to reverse the decline of Catholicism in the West
The German synod's plan for a Church without boundaries
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