Vatican News

Everything we know about Pope Leo’s 2026 travel plans

Despite speculation about a return to the USA, the Vatican has confirmed Pope Leo will not visit his homeland this year

Petition calls for canonical audit after controversy over St Peter’s terrace

An open letter to Cardinal Pietro Parolin raises concerns about reported plans to expand refreshment facilities on the terrace of St Peter’s Basilica and calls for a canonical review of its management

Germany’s synodal way set to become a permanent structure

Despite setbacks and growing unease among the episcopacy, Germany’s synodal way has taken a step closer to becoming a permanent national structure

The Catholic Herald

Iam hora est: on the SSPX announcement of episcopal consecrations

The liturgical scholar Dom Alcuin Reid on the SSPX’s episcopal consecrations

Dom Alcuin Reid

Rapper uses platform to speak out against abortion law

Aitch has criticised UK abortion law allowing abortion up to birth for babies diagnosed with Down’s syndrome

The Catholic Herald

Gwen John: Strange Beauties

A new exhibition in Cardiff places Gwen John’s Catholic faith at the centre of her art, showing how her conversion shaped both her style and her vision

Melanie McDonagh

Is Cardinal Fernández the real source of tensions in the SSPX and Vatican standoff?

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández emerging as a central figure in the unfolding crisis

Superior General of the SSPX reveals further details on planned episcopal consecrations

An interview with Fr Davide Pagliarani, Superior General of the Society of Saint Pius X, has revealed further details about the Society’s planned episcopal consecrations

Vatican summons SSPX superior after bishops consecration announcement

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández will meet the SSPX superior in Rome after the Society announced plans to consecrate bishops without papal mandate

The SSPX episcopal consecrations and the wider traditionalist movement

Dr Joseph Shaw reflects on the implications of a second batch of consecrations, and how the land lies for those attached to the traditional liturgy