Catholic Church

Decline and fall

a sad little notice recently appeared on the universe’s website (“the news site you’ll have faith in”) that “with very much regret” its publ...
Stephen Bates

The enigma of the soul

  we all know the legend of dr faustus, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for various privileges that he otherwise could not e...
Jaspreet Singh Boparai

Preston – a rare Catholic cityscape

preston is today a city of some 120,000 inhabitants. it is situated on the north bank of the ribble in lancashire. it is relatively unique a...
Michael Hodges

Traditionis Custodes: When "professional Catholic" squabbling spills over

cardinal lorenzo baldisseri at the holy see press office on oct. 2, 2019. (file photo, cns/paul haring)   i remember once attending a r...
Charles Collins

On the unity of the Church in our times

in a homily preached on 18 july 2021 at the monastère saint-benoît, liturgical scholar dom alcuin reid offers both a reflection on the place...
Dr Alcuin Reid

What Benedict XVI thought about liturgical change

a week after joseph ratzinger became pope benedict xvi, liturgical scholar dom alcuin reid predicts what he will do about the liturgy. a mon...
Lessons from the Archives

Four reasons Francis had to restrict the traditional Latin Mass

this opinion piece will not be tactfully phrased. many essays in the past few days have tried to balance both positive and negative views of...
EricBarr

Francis could do what he did, but that's not the crucial thing

pope francis has placed very significant restrictions on the saying of the old mass, abrogating the much more permissive or generous policy ...
RobertPGeorge

Cardinal Müller critiques Pope Francis' 'harsh' response to extraordinary form, compared to German Synodal Way

by courtney mares. rome, italy, jul 19, 2021 / 16:00 pm. the former head of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith has critiqued pop...
Catholic News Agency

Summorum Pontificum: a restoration after a gross impoverishment

though it has just been rejected by his successor, benedict xvi's motu propi o summorum pontificum made many people happy when he issued it ...
Lessons from the Archives