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Between a rock and a hard place: papal authority, obedience and the limits of infallibility

Rejecting both progressive hyper-papalism and reactionary despair requires a sober grasp of what the Church does and does not teach infallibly
Thomas Colsy

New York’s socialist mayor gives Catholics the finger

Zohran Mamdani began his term in office by snubbing the city’s largest denomination
Jacqueline O'Hara

Bishop Eleganti warns SSPX consecrations without papal mandate would be ‘schismatic act’

Bishop Marian Eleganti has said that episcopal consecrations carried out without papal approval would rupture canonical unity with Rome, while urging the Vatican to address concerns raised by traditionalist faithful
The Catholic Herald

What Alberto Ravagnani’s exit from the priesthood gets wrong about celibacy

The public departure of a young Italian priest has revived old debates about celibacy, but the Church’s teaching rests on a deeper vision of self-giving love
Fr Gavan Jennings

What anti-Catholics get wrong about assisted suicide

Matthew Parris accuses Catholics of frustrating the assisted suicide campaign. Yet opposition to the Terminally Ill Adults Bill stretches far beyond the Church
Georgia L. Gilholy

INTERVIEW: Archbishop-elect Richard Moth on his plans for Westminster Diocese

As Bishop Richard Moth prepares to be installed as Archbishop of Westminster, he speaks to the Catholic Herald about his plans for the diocese
Niwa Limbu

Vatican asks SSPX to suspend consecrations and enter theological dialogue

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has proposed a structured theological dialogue with the Priestly Society of St Pius X, while warning against episcopal consecrations
Niwa Limbu

Catholic Oxford’s quiet revival

Faith finds new life among students and young families in this university town
Jan C. Bentz

The toxic war on human fertility

The Church is curiously silent about industrial microplastics and endocrine disruptors that poison our food and drink
Thomas Colsy

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
Joseph Shaw

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?
Niwa Limbu

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
Niwa Limbu

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?
Niwa Limbu

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

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

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
Niwa Limbu

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
Niwa Limbu

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