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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 • 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 • Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert

40:28

My life as Chaplain to the Queen: Part 1

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

Jul 11 • Katherine Bennett and Gavin Ashenden.

Growing up Catholic

We chat with Anthony Abbate from Avoiding Babylon

Jul 6

The Only Way is Ethics

We discuss the recent decision to close the Anscombe Bioethics Centre

Jul 4

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

The importance of Miracle in Lourdes

Jul 1

Why was Chris Coghlan MP Denied Communion?

Gavin, Katherine and Mark discuss

Jul 1

Church News

Once Again It Is No To Women Deacons

But Why Did Pope Francis Ask the Question?

Dec 4 • Mark Lambert

Can the Vatican Still Teach the Truth?

Inside the Fernández interview and the deeper crisis now facing the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Nov 28 • Mark Lambert

Cardinal Fernández’s Marriage Document: Healing Divisions or Creating New Ones?

Why Una Caro inspires hope, provokes anxiety, and raises fresh questions about Cardinal Fernández’s doctrinal leadership.

Nov 27 • Mark Lambert

Pope Leo: Only hope in Christ can give our lives meaning

At the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the mystery of life, and recalls that God’s love gives our lives meaning as we participate…

Nov 26 • Mark Lambert

† Bishop Thomas McMahon (1936–2025)

A Complex Legacy of Unity and Tension

Nov 24 • Mark Lambert

Catholic Unscripted Newsletter #14

Your support is shaping the Catholic conversation.

Nov 22 • Mark Lambert

Catholic Unscripted

Catholic Unscripted

Fearless. Bold. Truthful. Because the Church is more than polite small talk

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When Dialogue Refuses the Truth

Bondi Beach, Pope Leo XIV, and why Christianity makes peace intelligible as a moral absolute

Dec 14 • Mark Lambert

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What Can the Conversation Between Fuentes and Morgan tell us about Changing Attitudes?

Two self professed Catholics meet to talk.

Dec 11 • Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert

Roll up!, Roll up! Come and Get Your Freedom!

Are you looking for a tool to allow human beings to shape their destinies? Look no further...

Dec 9 • Katherine Bennett

St Nicholas: The Hidden Fire of Charity

What the real man behind “Santa Claus” teaches us about courage, sacrifice, and becoming fully alive in Christ.

Dec 6 • Mark Lambert

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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 • Katherine Bennett

For a Society Pushing Assisted Suicide

18th July St Camillus, Patron of the Sick,

Jul 18 • 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 • Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert

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

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Jul 17 • 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 • Katherine Bennett

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