The decision of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, communicated by Cardinal Arthur Roche, to reject the request of the German bishops for permission to allow lay preaching during the homily at Mass has…...
Cardinal McElroy, Mercy, and the Catholic Tradition...
Andy Burnham is presenting himself as the would-be saviour of a Labour Party drifting into confusion and public distrust. After seventeen years as a Labour MP and now as Mayor of Greater Manchester, he has carefully positioned himself at a…...
NO CHRISTIANS ALLOWED? | David Campanale on Faith, Freedom and DiscriminationPlease hit the Like button – it only takes a moment and helps spread the messageWhat happens when a Christian’s deeply held beliefs collide with modern political orthodoxy?In this powerful…...
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…...
The quiet dissolution of the Marian Franciscans marks the end of one of the most intriguing and symbolically important traditional Catholic apostolates to emerge in Britain during the pontificate of Pope Francis. The official statements released by the community itself,…...
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…...
