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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.

48:38

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

13:38

My life as Chaplain to the Queen: Part 1

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

On the Magisterium, religious liberty, the spirit of Assisi, and the increasingly embarrassing business of converting people to Jesus Christ

“Because Thou Art Lukewarm, I Will Begin to Vomit Thee Out of My Mouth.” Apocalypse 3:16

Nov 2 • Stephen Morgan

When Did Conversion Become a Dirty Word?

Pope Benedict XVI explained why the Church grows by attraction. Pope Francis’s rhetoric too often obscured the distinction he inherited. Cardinal…

Nov 1 • Mark Lambert

Come And Join The Adventure

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Oct 17 • Danielle Milliken, Katherine Bennett, and Mark Lambert

Newman Deserves Better Than Being Quoted Against Himself

Following his feast, we should recover the saint whose account of development, conscience and faith offers the Church something far more demanding than…

Oct 10 • Mark Lambert

IF I WERE ADVISING POPE LEO IN FRANCE…

This visit could make a huge difference.

Sep 25 • Mark Lambert

When Doctrine Becomes a Disclaimer

Leo XIV’s new Nostra Aetate Note reaffirms Christ as the sole Redeemer—but does it still allow that truth to govern dialogue and mission?

Sep 18 • Mark Lambert

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Stay on the Threshing Floor: Joshua Charles on Faith, Conversion and the Church in Crisis

Why the Church Fathers, the Rosary and the virtue of perseverance have never been more relevant to Catholics struggling with the state of the Church.

Oct 15 • Mark Lambert and Katherine Bennett

“The Catholic Church Is on the Front Foot Again” — Professor Jacob Phillips on Pope Leo XIV, Tradition and the Crisis of Modernity

At a time when the Catholic Church seems increasingly divided between competing visions of her identity and mission, how do we remain faithful to…

Oct 13 • Mark Lambert

Birmingham’s War on the Flag Is a Symptom of Something Much Worse

The council chose injunctions and removal — revealing a country increasingly unsure what its people are supposed to belong to.

Aug 31 • Mark Lambert

Why Is Pride Losing Friends? The Question the BBC Predictably Won’t Ask

The BBC sees backlash, budgets and politics. What it will not confront is the darker crisis of safeguarding, sexual boundaries and the presence of…

Aug 26 • Mark Lambert

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Life & Death

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It's back already

Jul 22 • Mark Lambert

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

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

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

Jul 17, 2025 • Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert

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The Bishops

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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

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

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