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Jimmy Lai: a life sentence in all but name

A 20-year jail term for the Catholic publisher is an affront to justice, human dignity and the Church

Benedict Rogers

Iam hora est: on the SSPX announcement of episcopal consecrations

The liturgical scholar Dom Alcuin Reid on the SSPX’s episcopal consecrations

Dom Alcuin Reid

The SSPX episcopal consecrations and the wider traditionalist movement

Dr Joseph Shaw reflects on the implications of a second batch of consecrations, and how the land lies for those attached to the traditional liturgy

Why I would lie to the Nazis at the door

Clement Harrold argues that Fr Gregory Pine OP is mistaken, and that under certain circumstances it is morally permissible to speak a deliberate falsehood

Clement Harrold

Should Queen Isabella I of Castile be canonised?

Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Primate of Mexico, has called for the canonisation of the Spanish queen. But under what circumstances should she be canonised?

Pope Leo XIV warns Roman Rota against ‘dangerous relativisation of truth’

In his first annual address to the Roman Rota, Pope Leo XIV cautions judges against allowing pastoral concern to override objective truth in marriage cases

What Siegfried Sassoon still teaches us about war and conscience

As Britain’s military leadership calls for national mobilisation in the face of new threats, the experience of the First World War offers a sobering reminder of how easily moral certainty can harden into moral blindness

Anthony McCarthy

What to make of Cardinal Cupich’s comments on the Latin Mass?

In a recent article published on the Archdiocese of Chicago’s website, Cardinal Cupich has spoken in favour of restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass. Is he right?

“The Pope is not a Führer”: Cardinal Müller on ultramontanism

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller warns against a growing “cult of personality” around the papacy

Can the Legionaries of Christ truly be renewed?

As the Legionaries of Christ open their 2026 General Chapter in Rome, questions of trust, governance, and long term renewal again come into focus for a congregation still marked by the crimes of its founder

Is the Francis era continuing in Leo’s interreligious appointments?

Pope Leo XIV has named 19 new consultors to the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, confirming continuity with the Francis-era emphasis on synodality

On futility in liturgical reform (and why seminars are not the answer)

Dom Alcuin Reid assesses Cardinal Arthur Roche’s briefing paper and argues that post-conciliar liturgical reform has faltered not through a lack of seminars, but through the neglect of genuine liturgical formation

Dom Alcuin Reid

Why Saint John Paul II succeeded where Protestant leaders failed

Elected at a moment of theological confusion and cultural upheaval, Pope Saint John Paul II chose continuity over accommodation. His refusal to liberalise doctrine stands in stark contrast to the trajectory taken by many Protestant churches

Does Pope Leo’s meeting with the FSSP signal anything new?

Pope Leo XIV received leaders of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter in a private Vatican audience, a gesture of listening that has prompted speculation but signals no immediate change in policy on the traditional Latin Mass

After Roe: an interview with the March for Life’s new president

In this exclusive interview, Jennie Bradley Lichter, the March for Life’s new president, discusses the march, the post-Roe era, and why young people are becoming more pro-life

Leadership battle opens over the future of the German Synodal Path

The chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference has announced he will not seek a further term, setting the stage for a February leadership election that could reshape the direction of the Church in Germany after the Synodal Path

Raspail’s The Camp of the Saints: Suicidal empathy is not Christian

Jean Raspail’s The Camp of the Saints confronts a Christianity reduced to sentimentality, warning that mercy detached from wisdom can become destructive for both faith and civilisation

Mass intentions explained

A recently received Catholic asks why names are read out at the start of Mass and what pro populo means

The lambs of St Agnes and the quiet heart of Rome

Each January, two lambs are blessed at the Basilica of St Agnes Outside the Walls, a ceremony linking a young Roman martyr, innocence and the papal pallium in one quiet act of devotion

Melanie McDonagh

The Catholic Church in Ireland must let go of its schools

The Catholic Church is by far the largest provider of education in Ireland. For the good of the Faith, that must now come to an end

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