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…
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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…
12 agosto 2026
Leo XIV Revisits Vatican II: Sunday at the Centre of the Liturgical Year
In his sixth catechesis on Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Pope recalls Guéranger, Pius XII and John Paul II: the…
11 agosto 2026
Sir Anthony Kenny Dies at 95: From Catholic Priesthood to Oxford Philosophy
The former priest, Balliol Master and leading British philosopher spent a lifetime engaging with faith, scepticism and…
10 agosto 2026
Archbishop Ronald Hicks Returns to St Patrick’s After Weeks of Recovery
After undergoing surgery for a detached retina in July, the Archbishop of New York returned to the cathedral’s high…
10 agosto 2026
Oslo Diocese Prepares for Its First Synod as Hansen Sets the Process in Motion
Parishes, monasteries, associations and individual members of the faithful will be involved in reviewing the pastoral…
08 agosto 2026
Nostalgia for a World They Never Knew: Young Traditionalists Fleeing the Present
Old liturgy, monarchy, customs from another age and vanished social models: behind the new wave of youthful…
08 agosto 2026
Who is Francesco Capozza? The Il Tempo Vatican correspondent obsessed with Silere non possum
From the insults directed at a woman who was a victim of revenge porn to the numerous legal proceedings, and the…
07 agosto 2026
Leo XIV’s Curia Turns to More Modern Languages
Staff requirements are changing: Italian remains the common working language, while other languages are required…
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…
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…