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In the School of Saint Benedict: Benedictine Spirituality for Every Christian by Xavier Perrin

October 19, 2022

May many be inspired by this little book to follow St Benedict’s way in so far as their circumstances permit and so come to live in peace and joy, in communion with other people and in harmony with the natural world.

It’s time for a conversation about justice, top Catholic scholar says

November 15, 2021

Famed ethicist Alasdair MacIntyre called upon academia and other Catholics and intellectuals, to invest in the “expensive conversation” about justice, and to sharpen their understanding of what constitutes human dignity. MacIntyre, whose teaching career spans 70 years and includes some of the most important books on virtue ethics such as “After Virtue” and “Dependent Rational

Pro-choicers think the abortion debate is over. They’re out of touch with the public

November 24, 2017

The 'no-platformers' are trying to silence a conversation which, as polling shows, is far from over

Martin Luther was wrong to reject Aristotle – he still has much to teach us today

June 12, 2015

The community of the Church is one very good place to learn the virtues that Aristotle prescribes

Lord Sacks is right: 21st-century atheism is descending into nihilism

June 27, 2013

Many of today's God-haters have nothing of significance to say about life

Morning Catholic must-reads: 30/11/12

November 30, 2012

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Secular society is like a plant without roots

September 23, 2011

Because we know less and less of the past, we know less and less of ourselves, and who we are

We seem to have a problem with justice

May 16, 2011

Should justice be a matter of interpreting law or a matter of rewarding desert?

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