Coco Chanel, the Savonarola of fashion
Post-conciliar liturgical aesthetics come from the same logic as Chanel’s elitism
Newman’s most savage critic was a herald of the sexual revolution
Charles Kingsley anticipated countless people today who see sex as transcendent
A new persecution has begun – and with it, a subtle temptation
The danger to Western Christians doesn’t come from sword-and-sandals tyrants, but from an enforced code of etiquette
Pope Francis has followed a similar path to Pius IX
Both popes were hailed as liberal reformers and laboured under huge expectations. But there are also profound differences
The genius of Richard John Neuhaus
On the 10th anniversary of Fr Neuhaus’s death, Matthew Schmitz remembers how he used conversation to draw people to God
The genius of Richard John Neuhaus
On the 10th anniversary of Fr Neuhaus’s death, Matthew Schmitz remembers how he used conversation to draw people to God
I’m dreaming of a noir Christmas
Two dark Christmas movies provide the perfect antidote to Yuletide sentimentality
‘I have nothing of a saint about me,’ Newman insisted. He was wrong
When Newman’s friends called him a saint, he insisted he was a mere writer. But now Rome has accepted a second miracle
What Catholics lose when they leave the Church
Ex-Catholics never seem to propose any higher, truer teaching than the Catholic faith
Even amid attempts at revolution, Rome remains the same
Visiting the Eternal City feels like a kind of homecoming
