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…
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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…
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…