Catholic Church

Fruit of the council: A Church no longer serious about salvation

Sixty years after Vatican II, the Church faces a crisis of tone and teaching, as the once-central realities of sin, judgement and salvation fade from Catholic life.

Review: Converts by Melanie McDonagh

The remarkable story of Britain’s Catholic converts, from Wilde and Newman to Waugh and Greene.

Cardinal Baselios Cleemis on the conclave, tradition and the Indian Catholic diaspora

The head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church discusses his visit to England, the growth of Indian Catholic communities, and the papal conclave.

The Catholic Herald

Leo XIV’s first great test: unity, contradiction, and the College of Cardinals

The gathering of the College of Cardinals will be the first major moment of Pope Leo XIV’s reign and a test of his promise to restore unity in the Church.

Advent around the world

The traditions of Advent shaped by saints, councils, and the comings of Christ through time.

Cancer, conversion, and the quiet necessity of daily Mass

Suffering has drawn Dominic Perrem into the same quiet place where his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather once stood: before the Eucharist.

Newman's enduring legacy

Hundreds of Anglican priests and religious have become Catholic in recent years. The legacy of a 19th-century English convert, a singular influence on the Church, is evident in this remarkable gift of vocations.

The House of Lords needs Catholic bishops again

The battle for the next Lord Speaker exposes how far Britain’s upper chamber has drifted from its Christian constitutional inheritance.

We need more people of faith in politics

Two public figures, one in Washington and one in Westminster, show how Christian faith can form leaders who speak with conscience rather than compliance.

Whither the Mass of Vatican II?

The Mass that concluded the Council reflected the modest reforms the bishops endorsed, yet the liturgical changes that followed soon moved far beyond their intentions.

Dom Alcuin Reid