Vatican News

The incoherence of the Charlotte diocese’s ban on altar rails

While presented as pastoral continuity, Charlotte diocese’s ban on altar rails risks doctrinal confusion

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

Fr Michael Nazir-Ali

A survey of English churches named after the great martyr

A fair number of Catholic churches have been dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury since the Second Catholic Relief Act which allowed Catholic churches to be detached buildings

The Guardian’s coverage of Opus Dei treats facts as optional

The report shows how narrative framing and anonymous claims can be allowed to outrun verifiable facts, with papal insinuation used to inflate a limited local dispute into a global Church story

Cardinal Müller on dialogue, tradition and the Church’s internal tensions

The former doctrinal prefect questions whether Rome applies its language of openness consistently, particularly towards traditional Catholics

The Catholic Herald

The Pope is asking the right questions about AI

Pope Leo is clear: no technology, however advanced, can replace conscience or relieve us of the moral burden of being human

Beyond dialogue: What still divides Rome and the Orthodox East

The Eastern Orthodox ceded to the supremacy of Rome once before; for the good of Christianity, it needs to happen again

Archbishop-elect of Westminster signals no liberation of Traditional Latin Mass

Following today’s announcement that Bishop Richard Moth will become the new Archbishop of Westminster, the Catholic Herald asked him about his plans for the Latin Mass in the diocese

The Catholic Herald

All I want for Christmas is you, not an algorithm

As Christmas songs celebrate love and togetherness, a growing number of people are turning instead to AI “companions” for intimacy and advice