A recent inquiry into the place of religion in modern society has called for public life in Britain to be systematically de-Christianised. It says that the decline of churchgoing and the popularity of other faiths mean that a “new settlement”read more
One of my clearest school memories was the day in Primary 4 when Mrs Wilson announced the names of those who would be receiving the class prizes for that year. I was astonished when she announced that I was to receive the prize for Religious Education.read more
Ignorance of the faith puts Christians at risk of following a “do-it-yourself” religion, Pope Benedict XVI has said. People need to become more familiar with the Creed because it is there that the “Christian moral life is planted and … one findsread more
This article appeared in CNA News. Addressing a conference in British Columbia, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver asserted that Catholics today have failed to transmit the faith to the next generation, which has resulted in young people losing their “read more
This article, written by Henry Hepburn, appeared in TESS on Friday 8th October 2010. Deep concerns are emerging about “illiterate” teaching of religious and moral education. Catholic educators and humanists alike say they feel marginalised, despite read more
The historical-critical method of interpreting biblical texts is legitimate and necessary, but it must not be forgotten that the key to the interpretation of Scripture is the faith of the Church, says Pope Benedict XVI, according to Zenit.org on 26th Octoread more
The 8th annual Cardinal Winning Education Lecture was given on 31st January 2009 in the University of Glasgow by Most Rev. Mario Conti, Archbishop of Glasgow, on the theme: ‘Catholic Education and Catholic Social Teaching’. In a moment oread more
ZENIT reports the Pope’s encouragement that, even though the trials of life can make one feel abandoned by the Lord, an encounter with the Risen Christ can help recover the hope of faith. The Pope said this on 6 April 2008 in a commentary on theread more
In our secularist society there is a popular, but erroneous notion of what it means to follow one’s conscience, often reduced to the idea, “if it feels right, how can it be wrong?” Our conscience is a personal interior encounter with Godread more
The Feast of All Saints is one of the greatest of all the feasts because it celebrates what could have been impossible. Attached files CEW 2013 Parent resource.pdf (9.9 MB)
THis article provides a wonderful explanation of the Christian roots of Halloween. Father Saunders shows how All Saints Day arose only from a Christian devotion, independent of pagan practices. Attached files CEW 2013 Liturgical Resource.pdf (9.9 MB)&nbsread more
CHRISTOPHER WEST writes: The twentieth century witnessed significant developments in the Church’s theology of marriage, beginning with Pope Pius XI’s 1930 encyclical Casti Connubii, passing through the Second Vatican Council and Pope Paul VI&#read more
The sexual revolution promised to give people greater freedom and joy in their sex lives; but has resulted in record levels of sexually transmitted diseases, the legitimization and spread of pornography, greater hostility between the sexes, and cread more
Marriage still the best way to play happy, healthy families, by Polly Curtis, Guardian, Friday October 5, 2007 Children whose parents live together but are not married get worse results at school, leave education earlier and have a higher risk of developiread more
The Dictatorship of Relativismby Cardinal George Pell Relativism is powerful in Western life, evidenced in many areas from the decline in the study of history and English literature, through to the triumph of subjective values and conscience over moral trread more
ZENIT provides this Vatican translation of the address Benedict XVI gave to Rome’s diocesan convention on June 11 2007 at the Basilica of St. John Lateran.* * *Dear Brothers and Sisters, For the third consecutive year our diocesan Convention gives read more
Speaking to members of an international theological commission on 5 October 2007, , Pope Benedict XVI indicated that the doctrine on natural law “achieves two essential aims: on the one hand, it makes it clear that the ethical content of Christian fread more
Homily Notes of Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland Church of the Annunciation, Rathfarnham,25th September 2007 I remember well the occasion on which I, as archbishop of Dublin, celebrated this annual Mass for the openinread more
Fr. John Hardon reflects on the Magnificat of Our Lady, the longest discourse recorded of Mary. He discusses Mary’s gratitude to God, Her praise for His Power, Holiness and Mercy, how God is Mercy, how Mary compares the lot of the humble and proud aread more
Pope Benedict XVI spoke of the crisis of the West as a “crisis of truth” in his holiy at a Mass in the pilgrimage shrine of Mariazell, in Austria on 8th Septmber 2007. The Holy Father began his homily by speaking about the purpose of pilgriread more
Unstructured, open-ended play gives gamers a great deal of choice about how to behave in videogames – but is that a good thing?. Are games in which mass murder is possible and allowed harmful? By allowing for (and simulating) destructive behaviourread more
George Weigel’s article was originally published in the Washington Post:“To some the recent document from the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, clarifying once again the self-understanding of the Catholic Church vis-read more
The papal intuition is sparked by the fact that ecology is a widely accepted moral concern, but one that points much deeper: Nature itself teaches that some things are naturally right and some are naturally wrong. Appropriately, Pope Benedict read more
This is a translation of a commentary by the Pontifical Household preacher, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, on the readings from the Sunday liturgy of 29th July 2007.***Jesus at Prayer17th Sunday in Ordinary TimeGenesis 18:20-21, 23-32; Colossians 2read more
The attack against religion started by Richard Dawkins in his book “The God Delusion” shows no sign of letting up. In recent months a number of emulators have published books that continue the polemic. This article by Fr John Flynn takes issueread more
This is a translation of a commentary by the Pontifical Household preacher, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, on the readings from the Sunday liturgy of 22 July 2007 The Friends of Jesus16th Sunday in Ordinary TimeGenesis 18:1-10a; Colossians 1:24-28;read more
This is a translation of a talk given in Rome on 12 May 2007 by the Pontifical Household preacher, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, on historical research concerning Jesus.
ROME, JULY 13, 2007 (Zenit.org).- This is a translation of a commentary by the Pontifical Household preacher, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, on the readings from Sunday 15th July 2007. * * *The Good Samaritan15th Sunday in Ordinary TimeDeuteronomy read more
SAN DIEGO, California, JULY 12, 2007 (Zenit.org).- A recent study published by a public policy research firm that claims abstinence education programs aren’t effective, doesn’t tell the whole story, says expert Jason Evert, an international chread more
Some questions answered on aspects of the celebration of Mass by Legionary of Christ Father Edward McNamara, professor of liturgy at the Regina Apostolorum university.JULY 10, 2007
This is a Vatican translation of the address which Pope Benedict XVI gave to Rome’s diocesan convention on June 11 2007. The Pope highlights the difficulty for parents and teachers in transmitting the basic values of existence in a society where peoread more
This is a translation of a commentary by the Pontifical Household preacher, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, on the readings from liturgy of Sunday 24th June 2007* * *He will be called JohnSolemnity of the Nativity of John the BaptistIsaiah 49:1-6; Aread more
The modern conception of conscience reduces it to an excuse mechanism, that it cannot err and that what one thinks is right is in fact right. This is the view of Father Vincent Twomey, retired professor of moral theology at the Pontifical University ofread more
This is a translation of a commentary by the Pontifical Household preacher, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, on the readings from liturgy of Sunday 24th June 2007* * *He will be called JohnSolemnity of the Nativity of John the BaptistIsaiah 49:1-6; Aread more
This is a translation of a commentary by the Pontifical Household preacher, Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, on the readings from Sunday 8th July 2007. The Kingdom of God is at Hand!14th Sunday in Ordinary TimeIsaiah 66:10-14c; Galatians 6:16-18; Lukread more
In the introduction to the book he co-authored, McGrath admits that in the 1960s he was, as Dawkins is now, an atheist. Dawkins is an expert in evolutionary biology; similarly, McGrath started out in science, earning a doctorate in molecular biophysics. read more
