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Why the Church Is Not “Relaxed About Sin” — And Why It Matters Today

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A provocative column in The Spectator recently claimed that “the Catholic Church has always been remarkably relaxed about sin.” At first glance, it sounds like a clever barb — but what happens when you take a step back and actually look at what Catholic teaching says about sin, conscience, and the dignity of the human person? In our latest featured article from Catholic Unscripted , “Remarkably Relaxed About Sin? Assisted Suicide and the Catholic Church,”  Dr Anthony McCarthy pushes back against this claim and explores why the Church takes sin very seriously — especially in the context of today’s debate over assisted suicide. This piece unpacks what it really means to take sin seriously — not as a moralistic pastime, but as a commitment to the salvation of souls and the dignity of every human life. It reminds us that Catholic moral teaching isn’t about paperwork or guilt-tripping. It’s about the profound conviction that wrongdoing harms the soul and that redemption through rep...

Freedom Through Surrender

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In a culture that idolises autonomy and self-assertion, “Thy Will Be Done” asks a far more uncomfortable question: what if the deepest freedom we seek is found not in strengthening our own will, but in surrendering it? This reflection from Katherine moves from a deeply personal memory to a profound spiritual insight, exploring the tension between human determination and divine providence. It is not sentimental piety, but a sober meditation on what Christ Himself revealed — that true authority, true power, and true peace come “from above.” For those who have wrestled with suffering, disappointment, ambition, or loss, this piece speaks directly to the heart of the Christian life. It challenges modern assumptions, confronts the myth of self-creation, and reminds us that the most radical prayer we can pray is also the simplest: Thy will be done. If you care about authentic discipleship in an age of restless self-will, this is an article worth your time. Read it now on Catholic Unscripte...

Why has our society lost moral clarity?

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“Evil isn’t a process problem.” That sentence breaks the whole culture war wide open. We spend so much time debating procedures; “Was this report filed? Was the protocol followed?”, that we forget the fundamental question: Is it evil? If we can’t name evil, we can’t oppose it. If we can’t oppose it, we can’t fix it. That’s what this new interview is about: MORAL CLARITY Watch our full conversation with Father Ed Tomlinson now:

How to kill the Church - an appeal from Clifford Longley

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This morning in The Tablet , Clifford Longley the veteran journalist appeals to the new Archbishop of Westminster-elect to change the whole focus of the Church to social justice. He wants more of what has killed the Church. In this essay , I explain just how wrong he is. "When the Church ceases to speak first and last of Christ Jesus, crucified and risen, she does not become more compelling. She becomes redundant. And when Christ is displaced from the centre, another cause will always rush in to occupy the vacuum... A Church that forgets her Head must invent a mission. A Church that remembers Him does not need one." Read the whole thing HERE .

Half of Charlotte's Priest Write to Rome about Bishop Martin

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Watch our interview with Charlotte's Brian Williams where we find out what has been happening on the ground in this complex situation which looks like becoming THE test case for Traditiones Custodes:

SSPX Ordinations

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The SSPX is not wrong about the crisis in the Church. The collapse of belief, the loss of reverence, the suppression of the Traditional Mass, and the moral confusion of recent decades are real and undeniable. Too many Catholics pretend otherwise. But a correct diagnosis does not automatically justify the cure being proposed. In my latest piece for Catholic Unscripted , I argue that the deepest problem raised by the SSPX is not liturgical but ecclesiological. Once we claim that the Church can bind the faithful to something intrinsically harmful, we are no longer defending Tradition. We are quietly abandoning a core Catholic principle about the indefectibility of the Church herself. This essay takes the SSPX seriously, acknowledges what they see clearly, and explains why their reasoning ultimately leads to a dangerous dead end, one that fragments rather than preserves. If you care about Tradition, unity, and the promises of Christ to His Church, I think you’ll find this worth your ti...