Pope Francis

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

Bishop of Syracuse becomes parish priest for three churches amid priest shortage

on 1 august, bishop douglas j. lucia, 62, of syracuse took up the pastorate of three churches in baldwinsville, new york — st augustine’s, s...
The Catholic Herald

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

Cardinal Schönborn to represent Pope at Black Madonna chapel jubilee

pope leo xiv has turned to cardinal christoph schönborn, o.p., to represent him at major marian anniversaries in germany. on 9 august, the h...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Estanislao Karlic, influential Argentine prelate, dies aged 99

cardinal estanislao esteban karlic, a revered figure in the argentine catholic church and former archbishop of paraná, died on 8 august 2025...
The Catholic Herald

EU ‘must not impose’ says Bishop of Funchal

the first meeting between the new holy father, pope leo xiv, and the commission of the bishops’ conferences of the european union (comece) t...
Niwa Limbu

Nagasaki’s witness: 80 years after the atomic bomb

Catholics of Nagasaki kept the Faith through persecution, isolation, and war.
Thomas Edwards