04 agosto 2026
The Pilgrim, the Vandal and the Convert Factory
In today’s editorial, editor Marco Felipe Perfetti charts the trajectory of Bartłomiej Krakowiak and examines how some…
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03 agosto 2026
Desire: Between Freedom and Possession
Chastity as a form of genuine love, and the Eucharist as a criterion for recognising falsehood, domination and betrayal.
03 agosto 2026
Why does a bishop wear that pointed headpiece during Mass?
An ancient insignia, originating in the Middle Ages and still associated today with the ministry of teaching,…
02 agosto 2026
Cardinal Simoni returns to Spaç for Mass at former prison camp
At the age of 97, the Albanian cardinal celebrates Mass at the former forced-labour mine for the victims of the…
30 luglio 2026
Austria agrees ‘6+3’ national service reform as Catholic voices divide
The coalition will retain six months of basic military service and add three months of compulsory training, while…
29 luglio 2026
‘Do You Truly Seek God?’ The Novitiate in the Reality of Monastic Life
Entering a monastery means entrusting the question one carries to the Rule, to time and to the community. Through…
28 luglio 2026
Synod publishes guidance for the 2027 diocesan and eparchial stage
The General Secretariat of the Synod has issued a text entitled Recollecting. The document concerns the stage of the…
27 luglio 2026
Tobin: ‘War is always evil’. The Church should take a fresh look at the Just War Doctrine
The Archbishop of Newark draws on the Second Vatican Council and calls for an end to the romanticisation of conflict.…
27 luglio 2026
‘I want Aline’s head’: Mauro Giuseppe Lepori and the abuse of conscience
In the report submitted to the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life, the Abbot General accused the abbess of…
25 luglio 2026
Assisted suicide, Bishop of Shrewsbury urges Catholics: ‘Write to your MPs’
Mark Davies calls on the faithful to oppose the new end-of-life Bill: ‘It threatens the most vulnerable. We must invest…
24 luglio 2026
Gänswein: ‘Leo XIV has turned a headwind into a tailwind’
The papal representative to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania discusses the expectations raised by the new Pope, the…
24 luglio 2026
Can a Seminary Rector Tell You Who You Can Be Friends With?
When obedience intrudes into friendships, affections and conscience, religious authority oversteps its bounds and takes…
24 luglio 2026
Between Spirituality and Control: The Dark Side of New Forms of Ecclesial Belonging
Collaboration between lay people and religious is growing as the vocations crisis deepens. Some experiences foster…
23 luglio 2026
Beyond Obedience: What Maturity for the Priesthood Really Means
A vocation does not remove personal vulnerabilities. To become priests capable of free and healthy relationships,…
19 luglio 2026
Notre Dame’s Shameful Blueprint for Policing Seminarians’ Consciences
The McGrath Institute at the University of Notre Dame has published twelve proposals on seminary formation. Among them…
18 luglio 2026
When Religious Life Mistakes Recruitment for Renewal
Empty novitiates and ageing communities have driven some institutes towards marketing, while others retreat into…
18 luglio 2026
The Blessed Sacrament Through the Heart of London: Adoremus 2026
The third National Eucharistic Congress of England and Wales will culminate in a procession from Southwark to…
12 luglio 2026
The Question No One Has the Right to Ask: Seminaries, Sexual Orientation and the Celibacy the Church Forgot
Under the guise of discernment, some superiors violate seminarians’ privacy and turn sexual orientation into a…
09 luglio 2026
Saint Benedict and resentment: the hidden wisdom of not taking it badly
From sadness to resentment, the Benedictine lexicon reveals a concrete, domestic wisdom, capable of crossing the…
08 luglio 2026
Zwettl Abbey to elect new superior as Abbot Szypulski steps down
Johannes Maria Szypulski OCist will leave office on 26 October 2026 after nine years leading one of Austria’s oldest…
05 luglio 2026
Not All Nuns Are the Same: Inside the World of Consecrated Life
Solemn and simple vows, enclosure, mission, common life and apostolic work: what distinguishes orders, congregations,…
03 luglio 2026
Pope Leo XIV to America: Freedom Is Defended by Protecting Life and Welcoming Immigrants
On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the first American Pope calls on the United States to…
02 luglio 2026
Lefebvrists: why Écône is suddenly making headlines
Consecrations carried out without a pontifical mandate have propelled what appeared to be an internal Church matter…
02 luglio 2026
Stephen Wang is the new Bishop of Arundel & Brighton: from the Venerable English College to St Philip Howard’s Cathedral
Following Moth’s translation to Westminster, the Pope entrusts Sussex and Surrey to a formator with Roman experience…
29 giugno 2026
Freemasonry, Nordic bishops end the ambiguity: “No exception for our countries”
On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the Nordic Bishops’ Conference addressed a letter to the parish priests of…
28 giugno 2026
Why Is July the Month of the Precious Blood?
A devotion as ancient as Calvary itself, formally established by Pius IX during the Roman Republic and revived by John…
21 giugno 2026
Leo XIV’s Day for Life message: ‘The Wonder of the Child in the Womb’
Writing to the bishops of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, the Pope links the dignity of the unborn child with…
20 giugno 2026
The real Vatican ‘crows’ who used the Pope to try to silence Silere non possum
Open.online gave the impression that it was the Holy See that wanted to silence us. The truth is different: a…
19 giugno 2026
Trump humiliates Meloni and dismantles allied diplomacy
From the telephone interview on Italian television to Palazzo Chigi’s response: the US President’s insult breaches the…
18 giugno 2026
The unknown God in the heart of Europe
Estonia shows that the challenge of mission today is not the absence of spirituality, but faith without belonging.