Cardinal Mauro Gambetti led a solemn ceremony at the request of Pope Leo XIV to restore the sanctity of the Altar of Confession, days after it was desecrated in front of pilgrims inside St Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Leo XIV has quietly resumed an unexpected personal pastime, attracting amused attention from observers around the world.

Pope Leo XIV will canonise Bartolo Longo, the former Satanic priest who became a champion of the Rosary and founder of the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, alongside six other blesseds in a ceremony at the Vatican on 19 October.

The comedian made the remarks during a stand-up performance in which he discussed Charlie Kirk’s death, free speech, and gun control in the United States.

The state-backed ordination of Father Joseph Wu Jianlin without papal approval threatens to unravel years of cautious diplomacy between Rome and Beijing.

The Community of Our Lady of Walsingham are expanding their mission with joy, humour and faith — living out Mary’s “yes” and drawing new generations to England’s national shrine.

Calls for a “consistent life ethic” often merge every moral issue into one cause. Yet in Catholic teaching, not all issues carry the same moral weight.

England’s cathedrals hold nearly nine centuries of stained-glass artistry — from Canterbury’s 12th-century Bible windows to Chagall’s blazing 20th-century psalm. Janet Gough traces how these masterpieces of light, colour and faith tell the story of devotion, resilience and beauty across the centuries.

The Diocese of Knoxville has confirmed that all celebrations of the Traditional Latin Mass will cease by November 2025 following instructions from the Vatican, bringing nearly two decades of diocesan support for the 1962 Missal to an end.

Vatican figures reveal that Africa remains the centre of Catholic vitality, gaining 1,285 priests and nine million new faithful in 2023, even as vocations and church attendance continue to fall sharply across Europe and the Americas.

The Apostle’s account of the Last Supper, written before the Gospels, offers the clearest understanding of Christ’s command to “do this in memory of me” and reveals the true meaning of remembrance in the Eucharist.

As Pope Leo XIV urges the responsible use of AI, John Cornwell explores the ethical challenges posed by the algorithm.

The Dean of Canterbury’s decision to fill England’s oldest cathedral with graffiti has provoked outrage among Christians worldwide, exposing the spiritual emptiness and disorder at the heart of the Church of England’s stewardship of sacred places.

New data from Barna’s State of the Church project show that young men are returning to faith in growing numbers, reversing decades of decline in male church participation and marking a major shift in the religious landscape of the United States.

Auxiliary Bishop Ludger Schepers of Essen has denounced a prayer of reparation led by four bishops following an LGBTQ pilgrimage to the Vatican, calling it a “shameful act of exclusion” and urging the Church to repent for the harm it has caused to queer Catholics.

Pope Leo XIV held a private audience with Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández signalling a continuation of the pastoral approach begun under Pope Francis.

The Vatican Apostolic Library has set aside a dedicated space for Muslim academics to pray, a move confirmed by its Vice Prefect, Fr Giacomo Cardinali.

In a foreword to The Trojan Horse in the Catholic Church, the former doctrinal chief warns that the synodal process seeks to replace the Church’s hierarchical and sacramental order with a democratic, secular model.

Four decades after Philip Devenish asked whether a Roman Catholic could truly be a historian, James Tabor’s The Lost Mary revisits that uneasy intersection of faith and scholarship.