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How Our Lady of Guadalupe sparked the largest conversion in history

A miracle on a hilltop, stars on a tilma, and millions baptised: how Our Lady of Guadalupe spoke to an entire civilisation and changed history forever

Fr Gavan Jennings

Interview: Cardinal Müller on Europe, Islam, the SSPX and the German Synodal Path

In this exclusive interview Cardinal Gerhard Müller offers a stark diagnosis of the Church’s spiritual challenges, from Advent’s call to renewal to Vatican II, the SSPX, and the German Synodal Path

The UK’s decade long crackdown on pro-life protest

A Cambridge man’s arrest for displaying pro-life images shows the escalating restrictions on expression around abortion in Britain.

Leo’s in-flight press conference showed us who the Pope is

Last week, aboard the papal plane returning to Rome from Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV spoke to journalists. His comments revealed much of what we might expect from the first American pontiff.

The rise of the tradismatic Catholic

A growing number of Catholics now blend traditionalist and charismatic spirituality, finding in both a seriousness and depth often missing from mainstream parish life.

Why your brain needs boredom: The neuroscience of Advent

In a culture allergic to silence, Advent invites us back into the lost art of waiting

Fruit of the council: A Church no longer serious about salvation

Sixty years after Vatican II, the Church faces a crisis of tone and teaching, as the once-central realities of sin, judgement and salvation fade from Catholic life.

Review: Converts by Melanie McDonagh

The remarkable story of Britain’s Catholic converts, from Wilde and Newman to Waugh and Greene.

Cardinal Baselios Cleemis on the conclave, tradition and the Indian Catholic diaspora

The head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church discusses his visit to England, the growth of Indian Catholic communities, and the papal conclave.

The Catholic Herald

Leo XIV’s first great test: unity, contradiction, and the College of Cardinals

The gathering of the College of Cardinals will be the first major moment of Pope Leo XIV’s reign and a test of his promise to restore unity in the Church.

Advent around the world

The traditions of Advent shaped by saints, councils, and the comings of Christ through time.

Cancer, conversion, and the quiet necessity of daily Mass

Suffering has drawn Dominic Perrem into the same quiet place where his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather once stood: before the Eucharist.

Newman's enduring legacy

Hundreds of Anglican priests and religious have become Catholic in recent years. The legacy of a 19th-century English convert, a singular influence on the Church, is evident in this remarkable gift of vocations.

The House of Lords needs Catholic bishops again

The battle for the next Lord Speaker exposes how far Britain’s upper chamber has drifted from its Christian constitutional inheritance.

We need more people of faith in politics

Two public figures, one in Washington and one in Westminster, show how Christian faith can form leaders who speak with conscience rather than compliance.

Whither the Mass of Vatican II?

The Mass that concluded the Council reflected the modest reforms the bishops endorsed, yet the liturgical changes that followed soon moved far beyond their intentions.

Dom Alcuin Reid

Kemi Badenoch and the Christian roots of Conservatism

Kemi Badenoch may not profess Christian faith, but her Wilberforce Lecture argued that Conservatism still depends on Christian virtues.

Melanie McDonagh

Advent: The Forgotten Season of Penitence

Advent holds a unique tension: joyful expectation and necessary repentance. Recovering this balance may be the key to rediscovering the wonder we have lost.

Fr Gavan Jennings

Making sense of Mary’s Immaculate Conception

Many Catholics misunderstand the Immaculate Conception. Here are three simple, beautiful ways to see how Mary’s grace fits perfectly into God’s plan.

James VI and I: The last great humanist king

A new portrait of James VI and I reveals a ruler far more complex than the caricatures.

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