Pope Francis

Leo XIV steadying the ship of the Church

Thomas Edwards on the first major biography of Pope Leo, based on interviews with Elise Allen.
Thomas Edwards

Celebrating Thérèse on the feast of Teresa

Two Carmelite saints, centuries apart yet united in spirit: Teresa of Avila, the reformer and mystic, and Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower who found holiness in simplicity.
Alice Alech

The English pope and the American pontiff: Adrian IV and Leo XIV

A common-born Englishman once remade the papacy in the twelfth century. Nearly nine hundred years later, another unlikely Anglophone sits on the throne of St Peter. The parallels are hard to ignore.
Samantha Smith

Cardinal Sarah warns of new ‘battlefield’ over Church liturgy

Speaking from Rome, the former prefect for divine worship has called for reconciliation amid tensions surrounding the Traditional Latin Mass.
The Catholic Herald

Pope Leo XIV returns to Duolingo after year-long break

Pope Leo XIV has quietly resumed an unexpected personal pastime, attracting amused attention from observers around the world.
Niwa Limbu

Pope Leo XIV set to canonise former Satanic priest

Pope Leo XIV will canonise Bartolo Longo, the former Satanic priest who became a champion of the Rosary and founder of the Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii, alongside six other blesseds in a ceremony at the Vatican on 19 October.
The Catholic Herald

Illicit episcopal consecration in Shanghai tests Vatican–China accord

The state-backed ordination of Father Joseph Wu Jianlin without papal approval threatens to unravel years of cautious diplomacy between Rome and Beijing.
The Catholic Herald

Exclusive: Knoxville Diocese indicates Vatican order for end of all diocesan Latin Masses

The Diocese of Knoxville has confirmed that all celebrations of the Traditional Latin Mass will cease by November 2025 following instructions from the Vatican, bringing nearly two decades of diocesan support for the 1962 Missal to an end.
Niwa Limbu

Pope Leo meets Cardinal Fernández in sign of doctrinal continuity

Pope Leo XIV held a private audience with Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández signalling a continuation of the pastoral approach begun under Pope Francis.
Niwa Limbu

Cardinal Müller condemns Synod on Synodality as ‘secular takeover’

In a foreword to The Trojan Horse in the Catholic Church, the former doctrinal chief warns that the synodal process seeks to replace the Church’s hierarchical and sacramental order with a democratic, secular model.
The Catholic Herald