The Auxiliary Bishop of Astana has responded to comments from Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández regarding the Second Vatican Council

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti has unveiled a year of liturgical, cultural and pastoral initiatives to mark 400 years since the consecration of St Peter’s Basilica by Pope Urban VIII in 1626

A reader asks whether she can marry a good man who does not share her faith. One of the Herald’s chaplains explains the Church’s teaching and offers guidance on discernment

Cardinal Parolin says Vatican will not participate in new US-led international body, citing concerns over its structure and the role of the United Nations

Fr Javier Olivera Ravasi offered a Traditional Latin Mass outside a Planned Parenthood facility in San Francisco in a spirit of prayer, reparation and witness to the sanctity of life

As digital life fragments community, the revival of the Challoner Club signals a renewed desire for shared membership and rooted fellowship

The Archdiocese of Corrientes has opened a canonical investigation after initially permitting the ceremony, later stating that the marriage is null and will be formally annulled

An open letter signed by professors from Harvard, Oxford and other leading universities has cautioned against constitutionalising abortion in Luxembourg

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

The Word on Fire founder said the Secretary of State’s Munich Security Conference address rightly emphasised the shared Christian culture uniting Europe and America

Economist appointed to the Vatican academy in 2022 spoke on ethical principles in healthcare, as debate continues over her past public support for abortion

Ireland’s traditional Confirmation Pledge, long associated with abstinence from alcohol, has been revised to include vaping and cigarette smoking as Church leaders respond to the needs of young people

In this Lenten exhortation, St Francis de Sales reflects on the true meaning of fasting, urging Christians to practise an interior as well as exterior fast, marked by humility, charity and wholehearted devotion to God

Pope Leo XIV has met the prelate of Opus Dei at the Vatican as the Holy See continues its review of proposed revisions to the organisation’s governing statutes

St Leo the Great, the 5th-century pope and theologian whose teaching helped define orthodox Christology, reflects on Lent as a call to interior conversion and love of neighbour

The bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend has urged the University of Notre Dame to reconsider the appointment of Prof Susan Ostermann to lead an academic institute

Ave Maria University has announced plans to establish its first overseas campus at Mount Melleray Abbey in County Waterford

Zohran Mamdani began his term in office by snubbing the city’s largest denomination

The Vatican has confirmed the existing membership of the Dicastery for Bishops, the body responsible for advising the Pope on episcopal appointments, while adding Sister Simona Brambilla as a new member in one of Pope Leo XIV’s first governance decisions affecting the Roman Curia

Lent is not merely a season of restraint but a summons to spiritual combat, in which the Christian, following Christ into the wilderness, learns discipline and self-mastery