Catholic Church

Pope Leo XIV: the Holy Spirit challenges our digital isolation

pope leo xiv has marked pentecost sunday by describing how the holy spirit “is the gift that opens our lives to love" and opens borders in p...
Charles Collins

The liturgy that built the West: Cosima Gillhammer’s illuminating new book

cosima gillhammer’s new book about the liturgy may well foster a renewed appreciation for what has, for many, become routine; light on darkn...
Max Lau

True freedom means letting the Holy Spirit consume us like the 12 Apostles

“and divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them” (acts 2:3) pentecost was a feast when the jews offered burn...
Fr David Howell

On pilgrimage with Sebastian Morello, writer and protégé of Roger Scruton

where would you go? a book to which i keep returning is the black virgin by the french philosopher and theologian jean hani. since i read th...
The Catholic Herald

Christian unity can't come from a ‘blueprint’, says Pope Leo

pope leo xiv has discussed how unity in the church won't come from "our own efforts" nor "through any preconceived model or blueprint", rath...
Charles Collins

Pope Leo offers world’s journalists a truly alternative form of media

on 12 may 2025, pope leo xiv addressed journalists who had come from all over the world to the vatican to hear from the new pontiff. in his ...
The Catholic Herald

Will Gaudí the genius become Gaudí the saint?

on 14 april, the late pope francis declared the catalan architect antoni gaudí a venerable servant of god, recognising his heroic virtues. i...
Benjamin Ivry

Pluscarden Abbey's hard-fought return to the Church

it is hard to know which is more wonderful: the fact that pluscarden abbey survives at all, or the fact that the way of life of its communit...
Alexander Norman

Pope makes first phone call to Vladimir Putin

pope leo xiv has had his first phone call with russian president vladimir putin. the call on the afternoon of wednesday, 4 june, comes as te...
Elise Allen

Pope meets abuse safeguarding commission as Vatican coordinates global reform

pope leo xiv today spent an hour meeting with the pontifical commission for the protection of minors (pcpm) at the vatican. the commission w...
Charles Collins