We put a lot of energy into the production of our periodical, Renew, which appears regularly four times a year in March, June, September and December...
By Thomas O'Loughlin
In the world's wealthier countries...
by Thomas O’Loughlin
One of the skills that is not well developed among ordinary Catholics is that of taking a lead in a liturgical act: that is an...
If you have a garden and can get some greenery, then get enough to give a piece to each person in isolation with you.If you cannot cut some greenery but...
You can divide religions into those that are most at home in the large public space and those which are most at home in the domestic...
We are Catholics who try to base our lives on Gospel values and care about the Church's continuity and for its influence in the world.
We are concerned...
By Thomas O'Loughlin
As the Roman Catholic Church aspires ‘to embrace a synodal way’, some old questions about its ecclesial vision return...
A conversation with expert Catholic theologians and history scholars, Phyllis Zagano, Justin Taylor and Joe Grayland on women deacons in the Catholic...
How very Christian those revolutionary values of "liberté, egalité e fraternité"
Each year on July 14th when France celebrates...
In everyday life, our experience tells us – unconsciously – when it is appropriate to use the verb ‘to give’ and when...
We like to think of the realm of religion as a place of authenticity: here we do not pretend, here we are far from the make-belief...
by Ray Lyons
I’ve never celebrated a ‘private mass’, or made a ‘spiritual communion’; to my mind, both are oxymorons, for ‘where two or three...
by Thomas O’Loughlin
This year millions of us are locked in our homes. We are not going out to work, not going out to play, going nowhere to socialise...
by Thomas O’Loughlin
Christianity – because of its use of the image of the cross – is often presented as a cult of death. Many Christians have...
James has created 'Praying Eucharistically', a website enabling celebration of the Eucharist in these times of isolation. He says
Many Christians of...
Professor Tom O'Loughlin has sent us something to reflect upon during this time of 'retreat'.
This collection of Table Liturgies is intended for those who wish to use a Grace before meals that recalls the meals Jesus celebrated with his followers...
by Thomas O’Loughlin
Thomas O’Loughlin is Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham. A fuller version of this article appeared...
