12 settembre 2026
The Gallese case shows that canon law has become little more than institutionalised gossip
Investigations, dossiers, removals from office and documents that remain inaccessible even to those directly concerned:…
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07 settembre 2026
Roman Curia: Leo XIV struggles to find prefects for the Dicasteries
The Curia is struggling to find suitable candidates for some senior posts, while in the dioceses more and more priests…
07 settembre 2026
German Churches concerned over AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt
Catholics, Protestants and other Christian Churches have acknowledged the election result, but say they have "very…
03 settembre 2026
Enzo Bianchi’s final farewell, among the vineyards of Monferrato
During the funeral, Goffredo Boselli retraced the most painful years of the founder’s life: his removal without…
02 settembre 2026
Germany: Dresden bishop resigns a year early
Leo XIV accepted Heinrich Timmerevers’s resignation just three days before celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of…
01 settembre 2026
Enzo, ‘let us go to the house of the Lord’
Enzo Bianchi has completed his earthly journey. His was a life devoted to Scripture, ecumenism and the search for a…
01 settembre 2026
The Long Stalling of Germany’s Synodal Way
After years of debate and revisions to its statutes, the new Synodal Conference still lacks Vatican approval. The…
29 agosto 2026
How Abbot Lepori turns dissent into betrayal
Cistercian nuns denounce an exercise of authority that crosses the line into abuse. The language used by Mauro-Giuseppe…
29 agosto 2026
When those who have been hurt end up hurting others
In the Church, certain patterns repeat themselves: people who have been victims of gossip, exclusion or abuse can end…
29 agosto 2026
How ill does a priest have to become before anyone notices?
Priests can continue celebrating Mass, hearing confessions and running a parish even when they are exhausted. The…
27 agosto 2026
Catholic Church: the sorry state of a media landscape awash with crank blogs
Amid AI-generated images, the same old targets and grudges turned into content, some crank blogs clamour for attention.…
26 agosto 2026
Gallagher in Moscow visits the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
On the second day of his mission to Russia, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States visited Moscow’s…
25 agosto 2026
“What about the Muslims?”: how the SSPX is challenging the Lourdes restrictions
The Society has confirmed its October pilgrimage and points to a Christian-Muslim gathering hosted by the Sanctuary in…
24 agosto 2026
Why is the Vatican’s foreign minister in Russia?
Paul Richard Gallagher is in Moscow for the first visit by the Vatican’s top diplomat since the war began. His talks…
24 agosto 2026
Why the case built around Artime’s appointment doesn’t hold up
There is a narrative that casts the Salesian as a kind of administrative minder for the religious sister placed at the…
24 agosto 2026
The confessional seal survives Britain’s new abuse-reporting law - for now
The Crime and Policing Act 2026 does not expressly protect sacramental confession. It simply leaves it outside the new…
21 agosto 2026
Heiner Wilmer: “The Church is synodal”. German Bishops’ Conference president has no intention of reining in lay “preachers”
The new Bishop of Münster discusses the synodal statutes still under review in Rome, the Vatican ban on lay preaching…
20 agosto 2026
Heiligenkreuz: Heim steps down as Rome bars monks from electing new abbot
After two terms in office, Maximilian Heim will step down as abbot on 14 September. The Dicastery for Consecrated Life…
20 agosto 2026
Lafont and the Church beyond the ‘Gregorian model’: Petrine primacy need not govern everything
In 1995, the Benedictine theologian Ghislain Lafont challenged the centralised form of Church governance that had…
20 agosto 2026
St Bernard and the bad teachers of monasticism: when authority tries to make communities conform
The Rule of St Benedict requires the abbot to "serve different temperaments", while Bernard’s life shows how many…
19 agosto 2026
Speyer: Another Catholic bishop steps down, saying ‘the burden of responsibility has had serious consequences for my mental health’
At 66, Karl-Heinz Wiesemann is stepping down as Bishop of Speyer for health reasons. In 2021, depression forced him to…
19 agosto 2026
Religious freedom is a right, not a privilege: Archbishop Moth backs global Article 18 campaign
The Archbishop of Westminster urges Catholics in England and Wales to support Aid to the Church in Need’s petition, as…
19 agosto 2026
If Rome can intervene in everything, what authority is left to the bishop?
The bishop governs his diocese with proper power, not by papal delegation. Yet the Pope possesses supreme and immediate…
19 agosto 2026
When secularism turns coercive: Ottawa bans God from military reflections
The new Canadian Armed Forces instructions require chaplains and other speakers to avoid words, gestures and symbols…
18 agosto 2026
Fr Lino, beyond Patriciello’s ‘condemnation’: who makes priests’ lives unbearable?
Following the death of the priest from Trentino, Avvenire asks who is looking after the clergy, while Fr Maurizio…
18 agosto 2026
A power that decides everything: is it time to rethink the Petrine primacy?
Pope Francis made synodality one of the central themes of his pontificate, while at the juridical level an…
17 agosto 2026
From the seminary to the bishop’s inner circle: when formation fails
Priests obsessed with ceremonial, visibility and prestigious appointments do not become that way after ordination. The…
16 agosto 2026
Europe’s tallest Marian statue rises over a tiny Polish village
At 55.6 metres high, the new monument to the Virgin Mary in Konotopie surpasses Poland’s Christ the King and Rio’s…
15 agosto 2026
San Antonio priest excommunicated and dismissed from clerical state for schism
The Archdiocese of San Antonio has made public the canonical judgement against Fr John Mary Foster, accused of…
15 agosto 2026
Priests in distress and struggling with addiction: a Church still trapped by taboo
Behind some of the cases that have made the headlines lie loneliness, addiction, emotional vulnerability and fear of…