Pope Francis

What Pope Leo XIV’s Lebanon remarks failed to capture

Pope Leo praised Lebanon’s coexistence. Yet behind the pastoral language lies a more fragile reality of Christian presence struggling to survive

What to watch at Pope Leo’s first extraordinary consistory

Joseph Shaw assesses what Pope Leo’s first Extraordinary Consistory will reveal about the balance between tradition and progress in the new pontificate

What Pope Leo’s Lebanon remarks failed to capture

The Pope praised Lebanon’s coexistence. Yet behind the pastoral language lies the fragile reality of a Christian presence struggling to survive

The cardinals’ consistory: Will the Church heal her liturgical wounds?

Dom Alcuin Reid considers the pastoral damage done by recent restrictions on the traditional liturgy and the possibility of a more generous settlement under Pope Leo

Dom Alcuin Reid

With or without Vatican approval, the SSPX may consecrate bishops

The Superior General of the SSPX has said the Church is now in a deeper state of emergency than in 1988

What to expect from the extraordinary consistory

What can be expected from Pope Leo XIV’s first extraordinary consistory, and what it may reveal about the direction and tone of the new pontificate

The Catholic Herald

What is Catholic education? Reminders from a forgotten New Year’s encyclical

Ninety-six years after Divini illius magistri, Pius XI’s bracing account of Catholic education remains strikingly timely

Brian Martin Lapsa

Why are Anglican Clergy becoming Catholics?

A third of recent ordinations to the Catholic priesthood have been made up by former Anglican clergy. Fr Michael Nazir-Ali explains why

Msgr Michael Nazir-Ali

The danger of a victorious church

The Church’s recent gains among young adults will endure only if they are met with formation, obedience, and the long discipline of faith

Saint Joseph: The father who became prayer

This reflection considers Saint Joseph as a man who “became prayer,” whose listening obedience unites contemplation and action in the face of hatred and darkness

Br. Damiano Pio CFR