During the month of the Holy Rosary, Stefan Kaminski looks at the origins of this Marian devotion and its historical importance in defending the Christian faith in Europe.

An exciting, new Christian Leadership Formation programme has been launched, offering theological and philosophical formation for Sixth Form students aspiring to a life of public service.

David Gorman looks back 50 years to when 20,000 flocked to Preston’s Deepdale Stadium for Mass to celebrate the Canonisation of the Forty Martyrs, a quarter of whom came from Lancashire.

Every Christian is called to saintliness. Rediscovering the lives of the saints and their attractiveness as role models is crucial to reinvigorating our spiritual lives.

Covid-19 has muted the 100th anniversary of Karol Wojtyla’s birth, but it has also focussed us more closely on our families, which was undoubtedly the greatest pastoral concern for this great pastor.

While we debate Covid-19 statistics and lockdown measures, many of our Christian brothers and sisters around the world are readily putting their very lives at risk by professing and practicing their faith.

St Anselm, together with St George, offers a clear model for a pragmatic faith during the difficulties of lockdown.

Fr Jose Granados offers a different perspective on the Covid-19 crisis: that of providence and the corresponding call to love in ever more creative ways.

One of the most defining points in English history is arguably the Reformation, which redefined England's culture as well as its religious trajectory.

The gradual divorce of the Christian worldview from Western culture has left many unable to appreciate the fundamentally religious framework of the likes of Michelangelo and Ruskin.

High in the apse of St Mary Majors Basilica in Rome is an ancient mosaic from the 12th Century by the Franciscan artist Jacopo Torriti, which represents the story of the three kings or the Epiphany of the Lord.

Pope Leo XIII's encyclical addressed new and profound societal changes with the long-standing wisdom and doctrine of the Catholic Church. Today's leaders need to understand such encyclicals in order to be able to provide a Christian leadership.