Niwa Limbu

At the heart of this ruling is the question of who ultimately shapes the moral architecture of a nation: its own people, formed by a distinctive Christian culture? Or a Brussels-based bureaucracy increasingly confident in imposing a uniform social vision across the continent?

From major welfare changes to added pressure on schools, here’s our analysis of the policies that matter most

Pope Leo XIV has approved the most comprehensive reform of Vatican administration in twenty-five years.

Bishop David Waller, head of the Ordinariate of England and Wales, reflects on the new St Barnabas Society report detailing the experiences of former Anglican clergy and religious who have entered into full communion with the Catholic Church

The 'motu proprio' only took a sentence to amend the irregularity and restore legal clarity, but it marks a decisive early step in Leo's pontificate in terms of trying to fix inconsistencies inherited from the previous pontificate

The university has reversed a recent change to staff values by reinstating “Catholic mission” at the heart of its core values, following criticism and concerns over the institution’s Catholic identity being whittled away

Bishop Anthony Ward has revealed that he was secretly consecrated in a Traditional Rite ceremony in 2024 – which while valid was illicit – by Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu, the retired Archbishop of Lusaka

The bishop, who could be a candidate for becoming the new Archbishop of Westminster, said the era of secularisation in Scandinavia has ended because there is 'nothing left to secularise' – though he also heralds what appears a 'tectonic shift' now unfolding in the opposite direction

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk condemned a sweeping corruption scandal hitting Ukraine’s energy sector

The Holy Father has endorsed the USCCB’s landmark “Special Message” on immigration, urging Catholics and all people of good will to listen carefully to its contents

Mary’s Advocates, a lay organisation that seeks to uphold marriage against unilateral no-fault divorce, argues the bishop’s stance involves an error historically condemned as an 'anathema'

While several groups and institutes celebrate the Old Rite within the structures of Rome, Bishop Fernando Arêas Rifan remains the only bishop in the world whose entire pastoral ministry is centred on the Traditional Latin Mass

The decree, issued on the bicentenary of the church’s dedication, brings St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral formally into line with its role at the heart of Catholic life in the Irish capital