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Superior General of the SSPX reveals further details on planned episcopal consecrations

An interview with Fr Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X, has revealed further details about the Society’s planned episcopal consecrations

Vatican summons SSPX superior after bishops consecration announcement

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández will meet the SSPX superior in Rome after the Society announced plans to consecrate bishops without papal mandate

Excommunicated nuns launch campaign to find a new convent

The excommunicated Poor Clares of Belorado have launched an online appeal seeking a new convent, as the former religious community attempts to establish an independent future outside the Catholic Church

The SSPX episcopal consecrations and the wider traditionalist movement

Dr Joseph Shaw reflects on the implications of a second batch of consecrations, and how the land lies for those attached to the traditional liturgy

Pope fills see vacant for 13 years

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Manuel Nin Güell as apostolic exarch of the Territorial Abbacy of Grottaferrata, filling a see that has been vacant since 2013

The Catholic Herald

Against lazy Catholicism: Discerning truth from error

Everything the Church teaches is true, but not everything that a bishop asserts is what the Church teaches. Tom Colsy argues in favour of a more discerning approach to episcopal teaching

‘Influencer priest’ announces his departure from the priesthood

One of Italy’s most prominent social media priests has announced that he is leaving the priesthood, following years of controversy over his online presence and commercial partnerships

Pope Leo XIV reverses Francis-era Vatican housing policy

One of the most unpopular administrative measures of the previous pontificate is set to be reversed, with Pope Leo XIV moving to restore free or subsidised Vatican accommodation for senior curial officials

Cardinal Cobo says Madrid has no authority over Valle de los Caídos

Cardinal José Cobo has acknowledged that the Archdiocese of Madrid has no jurisdiction over either the Benedictine community or the basilica at the Valle de los Caídos, amid controversy over the future of the site

The Catholic Herald

Renewal: what happened to that?

Vatican II called for renewal through restoration, not revolution. But modern Catholic discourse has often confused renewal with progress, weakening the Church’s spiritual discipline and liturgical tradition