The serene calmness of a monastic order is the perfect antidote to the frazzled state of the world – and of your head

Often mistaken for laziness, acedia is a deeper spiritual sadness that distorts our sense of vocation, drains our energy and tempts us to flee the demands of love, prayer and perseverance

Laity and diocesan staff in the Diocese of Charlotte speak out following the first Sunday under the altar rail ban

James Donald Forbes McCann’s Catholic faith collides with crude humour in a way that is as uncomfortable as it is revealing

The life of St Marguerite-Marie Alacoque was marked by suffering, obedience and profound intimacy with Christ, whose Sacred Heart she was chosen to make known to the Church

A controversial televised Christmas Eve Mass from Stuttgart has forced a German diocese into a public apology, but the fallout points to a deeper crisis over liturgy, authority and theology in the German Church

The banning of Eva Vlaardingerbroek has sparked outcry among free speech advocates

Pro-life advocates are raising alarms over the absence of abortion funding safeguards

TLC’s Suddenly Amish offers a rare glimpse into the Amish way of life which offers some lessons for a burned-out modern world.

Leo used his first State of the World address to warn against ideological coercion, while a leaked consistory text on the traditional Mass exposed deepening divisions in Rome

Georges Lemaître came to Cambridge for a single year which would shape the emergence of Big Bang cosmology and change physics forever

Decades of authoritarian rule have strained relations between Church and State in the Central American country

Gerard Manley Hopkins spoke of “the dearest freshness deep down things.” In the poetry of Fr Joseph Evans new collection of poetry offers a window into the quiet struggle to find God in apparent absence

Praised by some as a bold evangelist and criticised by others for blurring the lines, Padre Guilherme’s nightclub set in Beirut has ignited debate: how far can a priest go in adopting the symbols of secular culture without obscuring the meaning of the priesthood itself?

Dry January and Veganuary arrive at precisely the wrong moment in the Christian year, clashing not only with tradition but with the season itself

Right To Life is now urging the government and public to confront the growing crisis

Pro Life Campaign expresses alarm over newly released statistics

Almost five years on from Traditionis Custodes, the Traditional Latin Mass has been placed in a liturgical limbo, neither promoted nor penalised

The heart of staying human in the algorithm age is not nostalgia for a pre-digital past, but fidelity to the Incarnation and to the dignity of the human person

If the French government is successful in imposing assisted suicide, the ramifications for Catholic institutions will be enormous