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Discovering the Catechism with Gavin and Katherine

Discovering the Catechism was instrumental in Gavin's conversion. We read and reflect on this crucial text together. We hope you join us, value the…

Jul 20, 2025 • Katherine Bennett and Gavin Ashenden.

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Our Lady of the Americas & the Pro Life Mission

With Isabel Vaugan-Spruce, Fr Paschal Uche and Fr Sean Gough

Jul 17, 2025 • Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert

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My life as Chaplain to the Queen: Part 1

Watch now (40 mins) | A conversation with Gavin Ashenden

Jul 11, 2025 • Katherine Bennett and Gavin Ashenden.

Growing up Catholic

We chat with Anthony Abbate from Avoiding Babylon

Jul 6, 2025

The Only Way is Ethics

We discuss the recent decision to close the Anscombe Bioethics Centre

Jul 4, 2025

Archbishop leads flock into moral chaos

We discuss the recent comments by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, in which he describes himself as 'thick' for previously holding traditional…

Jul 1, 2025

The importance of Miracle in Lourdes

Jul 1, 2025

Why was Chris Coghlan MP Denied Communion?

Gavin, Katherine and Mark discuss

Jul 1, 2025

Church News

Cardinal Ruini's Final Unease

Cardinal Camillo Ruini's final testament reveals a lifetime of fidelity & a quiet but profound concern that recent directions in the Church have…

Jun 19 • Mark Lambert

The Bishops Oppose Assisted Suicide. Is Opposition Enough?

As the Terminally Ill Adults Bill returns to Parliament, Catholics must ask whether the Church's response matches the gravity of what is at stake.

Jun 17 • Mark Lambert

Is The Fog of Francis Finally Lifting?

From Spain's reconsideration of Amoris Laetitia to Poland's revolt against Synodality, Catholics are beginning to ask whether long-suppressed concerns…

Jun 11 • Mark Lambert

The FBI's Catholic Problem Was Never About Extremism

How one flawed intelligence memo blurred the line between investigating dangerous individuals and treating traditional Catholic belief as a security…

Jun 8 • Mark Lambert

Is The Church Rediscovering Reverence?

Archbishop Fisher's call to kneel before the Eucharistic Lord raises a deeper question about continuity, worship and the future direction of…

Jun 5 • Mark Lambert

CARDINAL McELROY REMOVES WASHINGTON EXORCIST

What Exactly Did Monsignor Stephen Rossetti Do Wrong?

Jun 4 • Mark Lambert

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Cultural Commentary

The Rights of the Child and the Desires of Adults

Why the Church's ancient anthropology stands against the commodification of human life

Jun 18 • Mark Lambert

We Have Forgotten What Man Is

The crisis of immigration, the rise of populism, and the Church's neglected teaching on nations, culture, and the common good.

Jun 9 • Mark Lambert

Why Do Some Catholic Families Keep the Faith?

What Eduard Habsburg discovered about tradition, family life and passing Catholicism to the next generation.

Jun 1 • Mark Lambert

The Anthropology Crisis Beneath the Church’s Sexual Debate

Father James Martin’s response to Pope Leo XIV reveals a deeper conflict within modern Catholicism: not simply over sexuality, but over the meaning of…

May 25 • Mark Lambert

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Keir Starmer Resigns - What Difference Will This Make?

Mark Lambert

Cardinal Ruini's Final Unease

Reviews

Life & Death

Creatures of Man

The beginning and endgame is to rip us apart, it is to sterilise us, it is to make us dependent on man, it is to destroy the image of God

Jul 18, 2025 • Katherine Bennett

For a Society Pushing Assisted Suicide

18th July St Camillus, Patron of the Sick,

Jul 18, 2025 • team@catholicunscripted.com

Our Lady of the Americas & the Pro Life Mission

With Isabel Vaugan-Spruce, Fr Paschal Uche and Fr Sean Gough

Jul 17, 2025 • Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert

48:38

AUDIO VERSION Our Lady of the Americas & the Pro Life Mission

Listen now | With Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, Fr Paschal Uche and Fr Sean Gough

Jul 17, 2025 • Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert

48:38

The Bishops

32:03

We're Back! Catholics in Britain

Pierpaolo Finaldi and Emily Bennett join Katherine Bennett to discuss 'We Believe' the festival of Catholic Life in UK

Jul 30, 2025 • Katherine Bennett

48:38

AUDIO VERSION Our Lady of the Americas & the Pro Life Mission

Listen now | With Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, Fr Paschal Uche and Fr Sean Gough

Jul 17, 2025 • Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert

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