Pope Francis

The people who really keep the Vatican going

in all the talk of curial reform, most of the attention has focused on the top spots: what will they be when the dust settles, and who will ...
Christopher R. Altieri

Meanwhile: 100-year-old priest concelebrates with his four sons

fr probo vaccarini celebrated his 100th birthday earlier this month – and marked the occasion by concelebrating mass with his four sons, who...
Staff writers

The week ahead: Recusancy, Putin and cricket

westminster cathedral is running a coach trip to ingatestone hall near brentwood, essex, next thursday. the historic tudor house was home to...
Staff writers

Pray that Charlie's Law is passed

can a pair of brave but terribly sick little boys, neither of whom lived to see the age of two, move a whole nation to change unjust laws? o...
Sohrab Ahmari

Letters & emails

the challenge facing lourdes sir – the article by christopher altieri regarding the changes taking place at the lourdes sanctuary (vatican n...
The Catholic Herald

Not all conservative Catholics are unsettled by Francis's pontificate

since the 2016 presidential election, arguing has rapidly supplanted baseball as america’s national pastime. middle aged-men now congregate ...
Michael Warren Davis

Pope Francis was courageous to call out the diplomats

the holy see’s diplomatic corps – gathered en masse for their triennial meeting last week – has had its prominence and power restored under ...
Fr Raymond de Souza

As a chaplain, I think the new directive is a mistake

so the grand master of the order of malta has forbidden the extraordinary form. as of monday, june 10, we chaplains of the order may only of...
Fr Edmund Montgomery

The Knights of Malta's Mass ban is hardly chivalrous

fra' giacomo dalla torre, the grand master of the order of malta, has informed members that henceforth all masses celebrated in the context ...
Joseph Shaw

Could Archbishop Gómez lead the US bishops out of the doldrums?

from 2004 until his retirement last year, michael j bransfield served as bishop of wheeling-charleston. it’s the perfect posting for a prela...
Michael Warren Davis