Vatican News

From the Atlantic to the Caribbean, a priest’s time aboard cruise ships becomes a lesson in where the Church must go to meet souls

Fr Rok Pogačnik

Pope Leo XIV has named 19 new consultors to the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, confirming continuity with the Francis-era emphasis on synodality

Niwa Limbu

Dom Alcuin Reid assesses Cardinal Arthur Roche’s briefing paper and argues that post-conciliar liturgical reform has faltered not through a lack of seminars, but through the neglect of genuine liturgical formation

Dom Alcuin Reid

St John Henry Newman’s vision of renewal in England has endured decades of disappointment. Is it now beginning to bear fruit?

Clement Harrold

A concise and learned introduction to the life and thought of St John Henry Newman

Paul Shrimpton

Former papal aide speaks of ‘stability and serenity’ under new pontificate

The Catholic Herald

William Cash remembers John Allen Jr, Catholic Herald writer, pope picker, and commanding officer of the post John Paul II generation of Vaticanista journalists

William Cash

As calls for remigration grow across the West, Catholics face an unavoidable question. Can charity toward migrants be reconciled with justice toward nations, families, and the common good

Thomas Colsy

Elected at a moment of theological confusion and cultural upheaval, Pope Saint John Paul II chose continuity over accommodation. His refusal to liberalise doctrine stands in stark contrast to the trajectory taken by many Protestant churches

Thomas Edwards

Fake news emerging from the Vatican was promptly debunked this week, as credible signs emerged of upcoming foreign travel and restored Vatican customs

Michael Haynes