Catholic Church

Mussolini’s complicated relationship with Catholicism

From militant atheism to the Lateran Pacts, Mussolini’s fraught engagement with Catholicism shaped Fascist Italy and beyond

The most overstimulated time of the year

December’s overload is no longer just festive stress but a symptom of digital culture’s grip on our attention

Why the push for women deacons persists despite clear teaching

Why did the Vatican feel compelled to restate a teaching that was never in doubt?

A changing of the guard in New York

The resignation of Cardinal Dolan as Archbishop of New York and the appointment of Bishop Hicks of Joliet is more than a routine episcopal transition

The Catholic Herald

Has the German synodal way abandoned Catholicism?

Preaching on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz rejected claims that German bishops have abandoned Catholicism

The Catholic Herald

The Church responds to the Bondi Beach shooting

The most fatal terrorist attack in Australia’s history has sparked condemnation from Catholic leaders around the world

The pope’s executioner

For centuries, popes ruled territories where capital punishment was publicly carried out, prayerfully prepared for, and theologically defended

The SSPX and the question of new bishops

With its remaining bishops approaching their seventies, the SSPX is once again confronting the question of episcopal succession

Nigeria’s Christians are dying

Despite overwhelming evidence of anti-Christian violence in Nigeria, many continue to deny the religious nature of the crisis

The Catholic Herald

Before the feast: the Ember Days of Advent

Nearly as old as the Church itself, the Ember Days of Advent call Christians to sanctify the seasons