The Wild Reed

W hy [stay in] a male-dominated institution where progressive liberalism is repeatedly thwarted? Progress is a dubious concept, and our ri...

. "Marriage of Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus" (2013) by Tony de Carlo . One of the many pearls of wisdom that has stayed wit...

See also the previous Wild Reed post: • In Autumn Light • O Sacred Season of Autumn • "Thou Hast Thy Music Too" Image: Mi...

R epeatedly over the last year and a half, I’ve written about teachers in Catholic schools and leaders in Catholic parishes who were dismiss...

Drawing on the findings of Franciscan scholar Kevin Elphick, Kittredge Cherry posted earlier today on her blog an insightful commentary to...

If the Eucharist is essentially an encounter with the real presence, rather than essentially an institutional-cum-cultic event, then surely...

Kate Bush's series of " Before the Dawn " concerts concluded last night at London's Hammersmith Apollo. The concerts ma...

For more images of autumn beauty, see the previous Wild Reed posts: • O Sacred Season of Autumn • "Thou Hast Thy Music ...

A new BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's acclaimed novels will see the 2015 return of Captain Ross Poldark. Anyone familiar with thi...

. It is my understanding that many of you are gay and even regularly, actively engage in homosexual activities, albeit clandestinely. Thos...

Image: Michael J. Bayly.

Continuing with The Wild Reed 's exploration of natural-law theory, I present this evening a second excerpt from Louis Crompton's au...