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Theology, liturgy, and the slow questions. The kind of writing you read twice.
A guide to Pius XI’s encyclical Divini illius magistri
A demanding but deeply rewarding guide to Catholic education, Pius XI’s Divini illius magistri repays careful reading with a coherent vision of formation ordered to God
Brian Martin Lapsa
What the Church must do in Venezuela
With United States military intervention leaving Venezuela in a precarious position, the Catholic Church may once again be called upon to fill a moral and institutional vacuum
Niwa Limbu
The Coptic Church: A model for Catholic–Orthodox dialogue
As Catholics look toward renewed engagement with the Orthodox Churches, the long and often fruitful dialogue with the Coptic Church shows how ancient divisions can be approached without denying history or doctrine
Jan C. Bentz
The Catholic Henry Manning at 175: greatness, grief, and a misunderstood conversion
One hundred and seventy-five years after his reception into the Catholic Church, Henry Manning remains one of the most formidable and most maligned figures of Victorian religious life
Mark McGinness
Crowds at Papal audiences are back, but the deeper question remains
Attendance at Vatican events rose sharply in 2025 after years of decline, but numerical recovery alone cannot answer deeper questions about doctrinal clarity and ecclesial confidence
Niwa Limbu
Archbishop Laterza was right about feminism
Archbishop Laterza caused a media storm with his comments about freedom, but for Catholics they should come as no shock
Niwa Limbu
What Pope Leo XIV’s Lebanon remarks failed to capture
Pope Leo praised Lebanon’s coexistence. Yet behind the pastoral language lies a more fragile reality of Christian presence struggling to survive
Thomas Colsy
What to watch at Pope Leo’s first extraordinary consistory
Joseph Shaw assesses what Pope Leo’s first Extraordinary Consistory will reveal about the balance between tradition and progress in the new pontificate
Joseph Shaw
What Pope Leo’s Lebanon remarks failed to capture
The Pope praised Lebanon’s coexistence. Yet behind the pastoral language lies the fragile reality of a Christian presence struggling to survive
Thomas Colsy
With or without Vatican approval, the SSPX may consecrate bishops
The Superior General of the SSPX has said the Church is now in a deeper state of emergency than in 1988
Niwa Limbu
When Europe’s churches burn
The destruction of the Vondelkerk stands as a sign of Europe’s diminishing confidence in the inheritance it once laboured to preserve
Niwa Limbu
Reclaiming Christmas through Twelfth Night
A secular Christmas starts in Advent and finishes early. David Hahn writes that Catholics should reclaim the feast by celebrating it in its entirety
David Hahn
Placing God at the centre of Catholic business leadership
Fides Entrepreneurship brings together young Catholic business leaders to explore how faith can guide success, ownership and responsibility in modern economic life
Thomas Edwards
Ireland’s Church and the return of some old questions
Archbishop Martin’s warnings over asset expropriation revive long-standing tensions between the State and the religious orders that once underpinned public life
Melanie McDonagh
The incoherence of the Charlotte diocese’s ban on altar rails
While presented as pastoral continuity, Charlotte diocese’s ban on altar rails risks doctrinal confusion
Niwa Limbu
What is Catholic education? Reminders from a forgotten New Year’s encyclical
Ninety-six years after Divini illius magistri, Pius XI’s bracing account of Catholic education remains strikingly timely
Brian Martin Lapsa
Why are Anglican Clergy becoming Catholics?
A third of recent ordinations to the Catholic priesthood have been made up by former Anglican clergy. Fr Michael Nazir-Ali explains why
Msgr Michael Nazir-Ali
The danger of a victorious church
The Church’s recent gains among young adults will endure only if they are met with formation, obedience, and the long discipline of faith
James Bradbury
Trump’s Christmas Day strikes may have consequences far beyond Nigeria
US strikes do well to highlight Christian persecution and signal potential international consequences beyond Nigeria
Thomas Edwards
A survey of English churches named after the great martyr
A fair number of Catholic churches have been dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury since the Second Catholic Relief Act which allowed Catholic churches to be detached buildings
Michael Hodges
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