Catholic Church

St John Paul II: a man for our times

on his feast day, we must invoke the aid of john paul ii for our church a nd our country, writes joanna bogle he was brought up by a single ...

Beware the Church of 'perpetual initiatives, built on shifting sands'

hugh somerville knapman osb takes the long view of vatican ii as surely we all know by now, 11 october was the 60th anniversary of the openi...

Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman

Irish sex education plan to push gender ideology in Catholic schools

the irish department of education has just closed a consultation period for the revamping of its relationship and sexuality education (rse) ...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Cardinal Müller: the man to watch?

german prelate cardinal gerhard cardinal müller has emerged as a leading figure in the orthodox camp of the catholic church over the past fe...

The true message of Vatican II

as a young catholic in the 1970s i was repeatedly told that the second vatican council was at best a tragic mistake fuelled by a naïve enthu...

Is the Synodal Way a hostile take-over of the Church?

of all the voices raised in warning about an imminent coup threatening the catholic church, former head of the congregation for the doctrine...

Did anyone outside the church really care about Vatican II?

last week saw the celebration of the feast of st john xxiii as well as the anniversary of the opening of the second vatican council, which h...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

Pope extends Synod on Synodality to 2024

pope francis has announced that the synod on synodality will be extended to 2024. speaking in his angelus address on sunday, the pope shared...

Metropolitan Kallistos: Orthodoxy’s first global-age teacher

metropolitan kallistos of diokleia was the eastern orthodox church’s most familiar voice in the english-speaking world for six decades. his ...

Fr Mark Woodruff

Ian Ker at 80

fr ian ker turned 80 at the end of august. in the course of a celebratory dinner at the oxford & cambridge club, he was presented with a...