Culture & Society

There are few subjects more likely to elicit a sense of melancholy among practising Catholics than the question of whether the faith can be successfully transmitted to the next generation. It is a sorrow familiar to countless parents and grandparents…...

I have just returned from the Chartres Pilgrimage organised by Notre-Dame de Chrétienté, now in its 43rd year. This year’s theme was mission, and the pilgrimage saw its largest number of pilgrims yet. A sign, perhaps, that the future of…...

There is something strangely revealing about the comments beneath Father James Martin’s latest Facebook post. On the surface a reader can easily see how the Jesuit priest is attempting something pastoral and conciliatory. Responding to Pope Leo XIV’s recent remarks…...

In the first episode of our new Catholic film review series, Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert are joined by Professor Janet Smith to discuss the beautiful and deeply moving film The Painted Veil (2006), based on the novel by W.…...

Sometimes just a modest pastoral intervention reveals a much deeper fault lines beneath the surface. Archbishop Anthony Fisher’s reflection on Eucharistic adoration, published on June 3rd, would seem to me to be one such moment. One might well think it…...

There are moments in the life of the Church when a decision is announced with great confidence but leaves behind more questions than answers. The removal of Monsignor Stephen Rossetti as an exorcist of the Archdiocese of Washington by Cardinal…...

Washington archbishop Cardinal Robert McElroy has removed Msgr Stephen Rossetti from his role as an archdiocesan exorcist after Rossetti made remarks linking UFOs to demonic activity. Cardinal McElroy stated that Rossetti’s remarks “gravely undermined” Church teaching....

The appointment of Maria Montserrat Alvarado as Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication could potentially be one of the most revealing decisions of Pope Leo XIV’s young pontificate so far. At first glance, the headlines have focused on the obvious…...

The speed with which ecclesiastical weather can change is one of the more remarkable features of Church life. For more than a decade, many Catholics had the distinct impression that certain questions could no longer be asked. Concerns from informed…...