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About Piers Shepherd
Piers Shepherd is a freelance writer currently based in Colombia. He has had articles published in the Catholic Herald, The Wanderer, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, The Scottish Mail on Sunday, Crisis and The Conservative Woman among others.
The Dispatch

Vindicating the Filioque is an exhaustive study with an ecumenical focus

June 8, 2024 Piers Shepherd 37

The filioque is one of the oldest theological controversies in the history of Christianity. Catholics of the Latin rite, praying the Creed during Mass, say the following words: Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem […]

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New book focuses on decline of marriage, restoration of the Catholic family

September 19, 2023 Piers Shepherd 3

Much has been written about the decline of marriage in our time and from many perspectives. Some studies have noted the destructive effect on children and young people, others the effects on crime and the […]

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A warning against woke and a call to defend the West

December 11, 2022 Piers Shepherd 22

Since the worldwide riots and protests following the death of George Floyd in 2020, the concerted attack on western culture and traditions, going on for many years among our elites, has taken on a new […]

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Faith of Our Fathers sheds needed light on England’s Catholic history

July 16, 2022 Piers Shepherd 4

One of the most depressing things about modern Britain is the lack of awareness of the country’s Christian past. Christian faith has been effectively exiled from public life. Yet the Christian, and specifically Catholic, heritage […]

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New book tells the story of the secularization of Sacred Scripture

November 11, 2021 Piers Shepherd 19

Those of us who have studied theology will at some point have encountered liberal, modernist biblical scholars who treats the Bible as an entirely human creation, no different from the mythical literature of the ancient […]

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An inspiring call to arms during a grim and challenging time

June 6, 2021 Piers Shepherd 23

It is easy for a Catholic to feel discouraged in our times. The culture appears to have decisively turned against Christian values and shows signs of constantly getting worse. In this context, Austin Ruse’s new […]

Books

The little known and often-surprising history of Catholic Confederates

December 3, 2020 Piers Shepherd 33

There exists a stereotypical image of the American South as a militantly Protestant and strongly anti-Catholic environment. Gracjan Kraszewski’s fascinating book Catholic Confederates: Faith and Duty in the Civil War South should do much to […]

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Expert on marriage and family: The father-son bond is ‘civilization’s keystone’

May 8, 2019 Piers Shepherd 12

The bond between father and son is the basis of a stable society. This was the thesis expounded by Dr. Patrick Fagan, an international expert on marriage and family, in an address given on May […]

Analysis

“Humanae Vitae” and the Catholic Church in England: Signs of hope

March 26, 2018 Piers Shepherd 5

Fifty years after Humanae Vitae’s promulgation, promoting its teaching still brings immense challenges. But the news isn’t all bad. […]

Special Report

New sex education program in British schools set to advance LGBT agenda

March 16, 2018 Piers Shepherd 13

The recent Relationships Education (RelEd) for primary schools and compulsory Sex and Relationships Education (RSE) for secondary schools presents new and serious challenges for Catholic and […]

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