The year 2019 marks 190 years since Britain’s Parliament passed the Catholic Relief Act of 1829, commonly described as Catholic Emancipation. It removed the last traces of anti-Catholic laws which had been variously enforced since […]
A British newspaper recently ran a feature about a boy who wanted to be a girl. The parents fell in with his wishes for sparkly shoes instead of plain blue ones, for “girly” activities instead […]
Catholic social teaching isn’t the property of a single political party—but there are concerns that it is increasingly difficult to be an active Catholic in […]
Can the upcoming nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle be an opening for a larger discussion of marriage? […]
The future pope’s role in saving Jewish lives during WWII remains little known today. […]
The pews are filled with a mix of Londoners that includes West Indians, French-speaking Africans, Ethiopians, Poles, Filipinos—and Irish and English. […]
Fifty years after the country’s Abortion Act, Catholics need to look beyond their churches to share the pro-life message with the wider public. […]
St. Philip Neri’s ideas on evangelization—joy, friendship, celebration—fit in rather well with sea and sunshine. […]
Britain’s Secretary of State for Education, Miss Justine Greening, has told the Church of England it should “keep up” with modern attitudes and accept same-sex marriage. The Prime Minister, herself the daughter of an Anglican […]
“We have something for you,” said the manageress, with a pardonably smug smile, as soon as I entered the coffee-shop. And she went to a door, rummaged in the cupboard and produced—my bag with my […]
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