The old Mass, and being stricter than the law
by Joseph Shaw Since 2004, with a break in 2020 for COVID, the Archdiocese of Westminster has supplied an auxiliary…
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What the Fathers and Saints valued and defended, we also feel called to value and defend
An interview with Dr Joseph Shaw This interview was first published in Voice of the Family’s quarterly magazine, Calx Mariae (Winter, no. 15).…
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by Joseph Shaw Just over a century ago, in 1907, the convert priest, Mgr Robert Hugh Benson, published an extraordinary…
READ MOREDealing with the enemy’s cultural hegemony
by Joseph Shaw If one is to live a Christian life, let alone evangelise in some small way, one has…
READ MORECulture and the Catholic Liturgy: remembering the “Agatha Christie” petition
by Joseph Shaw Almost exactly fifty years ago, 5th November 1971, the reformer of the Catholic liturgy, Archbishop Annibale Bugnini,…
READ MOREThe Sacraments and the emergency services
by Dr Joseph Shaw As the United Kingdom has secularised, so the role of Christian ministers has diminished. If you…
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By Dr Joseph Shaw In 1570 Pope St Pius V promulgated a new edition of the Missale Romanum, the Roman…
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By Joseph Shaw I was recently surprised to learn that Pope Francis has issued an Apostolic Letter to mark the…
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By Joseph Shaw Two recent news articles greeted the start of the academic year. The Irish Times informs us that…
READ MORELiturgy, Beauty, and the World
By Dr Joseph Shaw One of the most famous verses in Scripture is “For God so loved the world, that…
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By Dr Joseph Shaw The practical effects of Pope Francis’ new Apostolic Letter will no doubt vary from place to…
READ MOREThe Crisis of Fatherhood
by Dr Joseph Shaw The “man crisis” has slowly become the object of mainstream study. In 2015 the Organisation of…
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