Holy See

SSPX pilgrimage for Jubilee endorsed by Vatican despite canonical dispute

The Vatican’s official Jubilee 2025 calendar lists a pilgrimage by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X. The occasion will mark a rare moment of visible accord following long-running tensions between SSPX and the Vatican
The Catholic Herald

Why I quit UK politics to try and become a Catholic priest

The Covid pandemic was perhaps the moment when I began to think seriously about it. As we came out of lockdown and picked up the pieces of pre-pandemic life, this sense of needing to make a change came back strongly
James Somerville-Meikle

Vox party leader lashes out at Spain's bishops for 'weakness' and 'silence'

Santiago Abascal has criticised the country’s bishops of being 'muzzled' by a combination of government grants and fallout from the Church’s sexual abuse crisis
The Catholic Herald

Detroit archbishop’s new appointment sparks controversy

detroit archbishop edward weisenburger has come under fire for appointing a priest linked to a group that supports women’s ordination as the...
The Catholic Herald

Bishops intervene over Toulouse convicted rapist chancellor appointment

france’s bishops have intervened in a growing scandal over the appointment of a convicted rapist to a senior diocesan post in toulouse. on 1...
The Catholic Herald

Diocese of Charlotte backs secular school’s right to expel over sex education challenge

the diocese of charlotte has entered a high-profile legal dispute over a private school’s expulsion of pupils whose parents challenged its c...
The Catholic Herald

Vatican grants paid paternity leave in new family rights decree

on 11 august, the holy see published a rescript granting vatican city state employees expanded family rights, including paternity leave, spe...
The Catholic Herald

Pope Leo XIV tells newly ordained 24-year-old priest to ‘never lose your joy’

pope leo has greeted spain’s youngest priest and his parents at the vatican. speaking to fr miguel tovar fernández, he advised the new cleri...
Thomas Edwards

EXCLUSIVE Bishop Strickland: on Pope Leo XIV, the Latin Mass and Archbishop Lefebvre

In an exclusive interview, Bishop Strickland speaks on papacy, liturgy, and doctrine.
Niwa Limbu

On playing advocatus diaboli: a reflection on Saint John Henry Newman

saint john henry newman is to be formally declared a doctor of the church — a distinction most fitting for one whose intellect, literary elo...
Niwa Limbu