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The rise of the false Madonnas
Female pop stars are increasingly treated as objects of devotion, revealing a culture searching for meaning, identity and motherhood elsewhere
Isabel Gibbens
Lay-led liturgies won’t save the Irish Church
Ireland’s priest shortage is real, but lay-led liturgies risk deepening confusion while delaying necessary reform
Ruadhan Jones
When sacred art loses sight of Heaven
By replacing transcendence and reverence with the visual language of consumerism and pop culture, Jesuit artist Fr Nicholas Leeper mistakes provocation for insight
Jacqueline O'Hara
St Joseph of Cupertino: the high-flying dunce
The levitations of St Joseph of Cupertino remain among the most startling claims in Christian history, challenging modern assumptions about reason, reality and sanctity
Fr Dwight Longenecker
Cosmetics co-founder’s conversion shows what liberal Catholicism lacks
Scott-Vincent Borba’s rejection of his former lifestyle offers a striking contrast to forms of Catholicism that seek to affirm rather than confront sin
Jacqueline O'Hara
The Holy Spirit continues guiding American Catholics
The forthcoming beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen offers American Catholics a timely reminder of the transformative power of the Holy Spirit
Monsignor Jason Gray
Fianna Fáil and the loss of de Valera’s vision
Once the dominant force in Irish politics, Fianna Fáil now faces difficult questions about what remains of the ideals that animated its founder
Ruadhan Jones
The new industrial revolution is already here
The information age is reshaping rural America in ways that echo the early Industrial Revolution, concentrating wealth while hollowing out communities
Patrick Neve
Oxford and the surviving Marian imagination of medieval England
From New College to Blackfriars, Oxford’s chapels, gatehouses and libraries retain traces of a Marian culture that once shaped the intellectual life of the university
Jan C. Bentz
Saturday Read: What did Pope St Leo the Great ever do for us?
From confronting Attila the Hun to shaping the theology of Chalcedon, Leo the Great helped guide the Church through the end of the ancient world while offering lessons for turbulent times
Andrew Cusack
Confronting the challenge of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is neither a demonic force nor a neutral convenience, but a serious tool that demands moral responsibility and careful reflection from Catholics
David Hahn
Notre Dame still refuses to take pornography seriously
After years of opposing students who sought a campus pornography ban, Notre Dame is now celebrating an “optional” filter that critics say amounts to little more than a symbolic gesture
Jacqueline O'Hara
Rooting out hidden vice
True self-knowledge requires more than admitting sin in general; it demands the difficult work of recognising the specific vices that shape our lives
Clement Harrold
The rise of the global under-economy
Organised fraud has become a defining feature of the globalised economy, yet the Church has been hesitant to confront the moral obligations that accompany solidarity
Patrick Neve
The monks of Norcia: Benedict’s sons return
From suppression under Napoleon to destruction by earthquake, the Benedictines of Norcia have rebuilt their monastic life through prayer, work and perseverance
Fr Dwight Longenecker
Is surrogacy a form of slavery? Florida may soon decide
A Florida judge has questioned whether surrogacy contracts violate constitutional protections against slavery, reopening a fierce debate about the status of unborn children
Jacqueline O'Hara
Lessons from 1964: What Catholics learned from the ‘intermediate’ Mass
Research into the liturgical reforms introduced before the Novus Ordo reveals that confusion, resistance and division were already apparent long before 1969
Joseph Shaw
Why Nick Fuentes appeals to some young Catholics
The controversial commentator has gained influence among those young Catholic men who are dissatisfied with what they see as a cautious and managerial culture
Luke Collins
Catholic weddings in Ireland down by half in 10 years
New figures show a sharp decline in Catholic ceremonies alongside a rise in civil and alternative weddings
Ruadhan Jones
DOJ prosecutors ‘fantasised about prosecuting Catholic nuns'
Newly surfaced messages from a Justice Department prosecutor, now a congressional candidate, prompt concern among Catholics in Virginia and beyond
Jacqueline O'Hara
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