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Thomas Edwards on the first major biography of Pope Leo, based on interviews with Elise Allen.

Two Carmelite saints, centuries apart yet united in spirit: Teresa of Avila, the reformer and mystic, and Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower who found holiness in simplicity.

Speaking from Rome, the former prefect for divine worship has called for reconciliation amid tensions surrounding the Traditional Latin Mass.

Pope Leo XIV has paid tribute to Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val during an audience at the Vatican, honouring the influential early twentieth-century prelate known for his service under Pope Pius X.

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti led a solemn ceremony at the request of Pope Leo XIV to restore the sanctity of the Altar of Confession, days after it was desecrated in front of pilgrims inside St Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Leo XIV will canonise Bartolo Longo, the former Satanic priest who became a champion of the Rosary and founder of the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, alongside six other blesseds in a ceremony at the Vatican on 19 October.

Calls for a “consistent life ethic” often merge every moral issue into one cause. Yet in Catholic teaching, not all issues carry the same moral weight.

The Diocese of Knoxville has confirmed that all celebrations of the Traditional Latin Mass will cease by November 2025 following instructions from the Vatican, bringing nearly two decades of diocesan support for the 1962 Missal to an end.

The Dean of Canterbury’s decision to fill England’s oldest cathedral with graffiti has provoked outrage among Christians worldwide, exposing the spiritual emptiness and disorder at the heart of the Church of England’s stewardship of sacred places.

Auxiliary Bishop Ludger Schepers of Essen has denounced a prayer of reparation led by four bishops following an LGBTQ pilgrimage to the Vatican, calling it a “shameful act of exclusion” and urging the Church to repent for the harm it has caused to queer Catholics.

Pope Leo XIV held a private audience with Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández signalling a continuation of the pastoral approach begun under Pope Francis.

In a foreword to The Trojan Horse in the Catholic Church, the former doctrinal chief warns that the synodal process seeks to replace the Church’s hierarchical and sacramental order with a democratic, secular model.

The controversial plan would have compelled Catholic priests to report information learned under the seal of Confession as part of the state’s mandatory child abuse reporting law

The decision by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops means the current edition that was translated and designed in the 1970s is getting its first update in over half a century

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales has commended the release of the Apostolic Exhortation 'Dilexi te' – ‘I have loved you’ – the first document of Pope Leo XIV's pontificate, as a timely reminder for the faithful

The prominent former Tory politician has released a video on the history of the Feast of the Holy Rosary in which he guides viewers on how to pray the popular Catholic devotion and even extolls its health benefits

Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is more than a tale of obsession and revenge; it is a theological voyage through sin, grace and redemption.

The study invites responses from both adult neurodivergent Catholics and their caregivers, seeking to identify what helps and what hinders full participation in Church life

An icon created in Ukraine during the height of the conflict has been solemnly blessed at a UK cathedral after making a perilous journey out of the country. The icon was made and brought to the UK after being commissioned by the Catholic Military Association

Archbishop Ajapahyan was arrested in June and accused of involvement in an alleged coup. Prosecutors said he had urged the removal of the government in a series of statements that were an incitement to regime change