Holy See

A pox on pews

this mostly protestant invention has little to do with our tradition and turns us into passive participants the queen consort of george v wa...

Fr George Rutler

Comments of the week

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The Catholic Herald

Hope is already emerging in the US Church

i promised myself i wouldn’t write about the abuse crisis again this week. but if you are in the united states, as i am, there’s no escaping...

Fr Dominic Allain

Prayer to St Michael makes resurgence in response to abuse crisis

Several bishops are recommending saying the prayer against the power of Satan

Carol Zimmermann

Letters from the Synod-2018: October 4 – Commentary

Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

Xavier Rynne II

Young Scottish Catholics praise clergy who 'proclaim orthodox teaching'

In an open letter ahead of the Youth Synod, one hundred young Scots say it would be a mistake to downplay orthodoxy

Flying Vatican flag in a ‘provocative manner’ could be a criminal act, say Scottish police

Police Scotland included the flag in a list of potentially offensive symbols

Pope Francis calls for a youth synod 'anointed by hope'

Pope Francis said hope 'shatters that conformism which says 'it’s always been done like this’'

Courtney Grogan/CNA

Letters from the Synod-2018: October 3 – As the Synod opens...

Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

Xavier Rynne II

5 bishops who could move the youth synod

The debate over the final wording of the document could prove even more contentious than the synod in 2015