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Theology, liturgy, and the slow questions. The kind of writing you read twice.
A life in defence of tradition: Michael Davies reconsidered
Leo Darroch’s new biography explores how a schoolteacher became a leading voice in debates over liturgy and doctrine
Joseph Shaw
Ireland’s quiet rise in anti-Catholic attacks
Recent attacks on priests’ houses and churches suggest a deepening hostility towards Catholicism in Ireland, shaped by cultural change, political rhetoric and a wider loss of the sacred
Ruadhan Jones
A new tool for an ancient mission
How Catholic AI is equipping the faithful to answer the questions our age is asking
The Catholic Herald
Why more people are becoming Catholic this Easter
As more people enter the Catholic Church this Easter, Cardinal Vincent Nichols reflects on their search for belonging, beauty, silence and, above all, Jesus
Cardinal Vincent Nichols
Leading children to the Cross with care and truth
The Passion is central to the Faith, but sharing it with children requires care, restraint and a focus on Christ’s love
Greg Finn
The English Lady’s return from exile
After centuries in exile, England’s lost pre-Reformation statue of Our Lady of Ipswich may return briefly to the country she once left behind
Declan J. Ganley
A guide to the Triduum
The Triduum is the dramatic centre of Holy Week, leading Catholics through Christ’s Passion and death to the joy of the Resurrection
The Catholic Herald
How the Church keeps the sacred days of Holy Week
From Palm Sunday to the Easter Vigil, the Church’s liturgy leads the faithful step by step through Christ’s Passion, death and resurrection
Clement Harrold
Cardinal Sarah warns Church ‘is nothing without God’
Cardinal Sarah warns the Church “is nothing without God” and says turning the liturgy into a “battlefield” risks undermining its mission
The Catholic Herald
The quiet Catholic revival in a Scottish university town
At St Andrews, one of Britain’s oldest universities, a growing number of young people are exploring Catholicism in search of meaning, tradition and transcendence
Andrew Cusack
What to make of Cardinal Roche’s comments on the Latin Mass
Cardinal Arthur Roche has set out his case on the Traditional Latin Mass in a new interview. Niwa Limbu places his remarks alongside the teaching and approach of previous pontificates
Niwa Limbu
Pope Leo XIV to meet Anglican primate in Rome
The meeting with Sarah Mullally follows a personal exchange of letters between the two leaders
The Catholic Herald
Patriarch’s deft diplomacy outflanks Israeli police misstep
Cardinal Pizzaballa has regained access to the Holy Sepulchre, but the episode exposes wider anxieties about the treatment of Christians in Jerusalem
Michael Haynes
Holy Week dispute resolved as Latin Patriarch regains access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
A Holy Week dispute over access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre has been resolved, with Cardinal Pizzaballa now able to enter the site after Israeli authorities reversed earlier restrictions
The Catholic Herald
Southwark’s record number of converts begins with a simple invitation to encounter Christ
Southwark, one of London’s two dioceses, will receive 590 adults into the Catholic Church this year, a significant increase for the diocese. Archbishop John Wilson explains what is driving the rise in conversions
Archbishop John Wilson
Israeli police block Latin Patriarch from Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday
Israeli police have blocked Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from entering the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday, setting what the Cardinal and Custos of the Holy Land describe as a “grave precedent”
Thomas Edwards
Vatican Bank appoints François Pauly as president of supervisory board
The Vatican Bank has appointed former Rothschild director François Pauly as president of its Board of Superintendence, succeeding Jean-Baptiste Douville de Franssu after a decade of reform
Niwa Limbu
Faith that chains cannot break
The daughter of Jimmy Lai reflects on his letters from prison and the spirituality shaped by suffering and trust in God
Claire Lai
Pope Leo signals a shift on the Traditional Mass
Without issuing a formal text, Pope Leo appears to encourage practical accommodation for those attached to the older liturgy
Joseph Shaw
Sohrab Ahmari: ‘I’m very much in the pray and obey camp’
Ten years after entering the Church, Sohrab Ahmari reflects on conversion, Iran, liturgy and the political common good
Melanie McDonagh
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