Joseph Shaw

Stand out or fade away

New research suggests Catholicism in Britain will endure not by blending in, but by embracing clear and confident forms of identity

Lessons from 1964: What Catholics learned from the ‘intermediate’ Mass

Research into the liturgical reforms introduced before the Novus Ordo reveals that confusion, resistance and division were already apparent long before 1969

When rebellion loses its object

A provocative collection asks what becomes of a subculture defined by transgression when the mainstream abandons its own rules

A life in defence of tradition: Michael Davies reconsidered

Leo Darroch’s new biography explores how a schoolteacher became a leading voice in debates over liturgy and doctrine

Pope Leo signals a shift on the Traditional Mass

Without issuing a formal text, Pope Leo appears to encourage practical accommodation for those attached to the older liturgy

Perceiving God in creation: the angel-filled world of Francis Thompson

Through poetry shaped by suffering, Francis Thompson urges us to recover the vision of a world still radiant with God’s presence

Sanctifying the year: the forgotten wisdom of the Ember Days

An enlightening explanation of the Church’s Ember Days by the liturgical scholar Dr Joseph Shaw

The SSPX episcopal consecrations and the wider traditionalist movement

Dr Joseph Shaw reflects on the implications of a second batch of consecrations, and how the land lies for those attached to the traditional liturgy

Renewal: what happened to that?

Vatican II called for renewal through restoration, not revolution. But modern Catholic discourse has often confused renewal with progress, weakening the Church’s spiritual discipline and liturgical tradition

Slavery reparations or theatrical virtue?

In a penetrating analysis, Dr Joseph Shaw questions the Church of England’s proposed slavery reparations scheme—arguing that far from delivering justice, it risks signaling moral prestige at the expense of struggling parishes

What to watch at Pope Leo’s first extraordinary consistory

Joseph Shaw assesses what Pope Leo’s first Extraordinary Consistory will reveal about the balance between tradition and progress in the new pontificate

Catholics should care about Labour’s attack on Latin in schools

the labour government seems to be taking a very ideological approach to education policy, apparently reversing many of the policies of the p...

Petitions defending Latin Mass keep rolling in

the calls on pope francis not to impose fresh restrictions on the traditional mass have been joined by two more joint letters. both have bee...

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