Holy See

Posture matters: the case for altar rails

The controversy over altar rails is not about nostalgia or church furniture, but about how Catholics learn reverence
Thomas Colsy

The incoherence of the Charlotte diocese’s ban on altar rails

While presented as pastoral continuity, Charlotte diocese’s ban on altar rails risks doctrinal confusion
Niwa Limbu

What is Catholic education? Reminders from a forgotten New Year’s encyclical

Ninety-six years after Divini illius magistri, Pius XI’s bracing account of Catholic education remains strikingly timely
Brian Martin Lapsa

Why are Anglican Clergy becoming Catholics?

A third of recent ordinations to the Catholic priesthood have been made up by former Anglican clergy. Fr Michael Nazir-Ali explains why 
Msgr Michael Nazir-Ali

A survey of English churches named after the great martyr

A fair number of Catholic churches have been dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury since the Second Catholic Relief Act which allowed Catholic churches to be detached buildings
Michael Hodges

The Guardian’s coverage of Opus Dei treats facts as optional

The report shows how narrative framing and anonymous claims can be allowed to outrun verifiable facts, with papal insinuation used to inflate a limited local dispute into a global Church story
Niwa Limbu

Interview: Cardinal Burke on the liturgy, Christmas, and the conclave

In a Christmas Day interview, Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke speaks about the conclave, the liturgy, and why young Catholics are turning towards tradition 
Jan C. Bentz

Cardinal Müller on dialogue, tradition and the Church’s internal tensions

The former doctrinal prefect questions whether Rome applies its language of openness consistently, particularly towards traditional Catholics
The Catholic Herald

The Pope is asking the right questions about AI

Pope Leo is clear: no technology, however advanced, can replace conscience or relieve us of the moral burden of being human
Luke Collins

Beyond dialogue: What still divides Rome and the Orthodox East

The Eastern Orthodox ceded to the supremacy of Rome once before; for the good of Christianity, it needs to happen again
Thomas Colsy