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Visiting the domain of an antipope: the Palmarian pontiff

April 26, 2024

The centuries that followed the Reformation, whether consequentially or coincidentally, saw an end to serious contenders to the Papacy. The era of the antipope appeared to be at an end. Since antipope Felix V, challengers have dwindled to the point of extinction. However, I recently learned that a short drive away from my apartment in

You can’t police belief but the State still tries to control our thoughts and values

April 26, 2024

Scotland’s new Hate Crime and Public Order Act is part of a trend in the Western world for the State to police our thoughts and values. Designed to eradicate prejudice against groups who have historically suffered discrimination, and motivated by the new focus on gender identity, Scotland’s new law, and those like it, are ostensibly

Will the abortion issue decide US election?

April 26, 2024

Three out of five Americans profess a Christian faith. Most of them, numbering about 140 million, or 42 per cent of the US population, belong to Protestant denominations, of which the largest group is the 16 million Southern Baptists. The largest single Christian group, however, amounting to about one in five Americans, is the 70

Catholic voice of calm conservatism: Cardinal Müller attempts to bring order out of the chaos

April 26, 2024

Now that the dust has settled on last week’s controversial National Conservatism (NatCon) conference in Brussels, there is a chance to reflect on its impact at (and even on) the heart of Europe. The gathering of leading conservative academics and politicians, including Suella Braverman MP, Nigel Farage, and renowned public figures such as Cardinal Gerhard Müller,

Archdiocese of Birmingham gets two new Auxiliary Bishops

April 26, 2024

Pope Francis has appointed two new auxiliary bishops to serve the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Monsignor Timothy Menezes, Dean of St Chad’s Cathedral, and Canon Richard Walker, Vicar General, will serve the Archdiocese of Birmingham as auxiliary bishops, notes the archdiocese’s website. The role of an auxiliary bishop is to assist the diocesan bishop in the

UK government’s funding spree for overseas abortions continues apace

April 26, 2024

The UK Government has announced that £12million pounds of taxpayers’ money is to go to a programme run by an organisation that aims to “expand access” to abortion in Tanzania over the next two years. It comes against a backdrop in which funding for overseas abortions has been a continued theme of the UK Government

Four German bishops opt out of controversial ‘Synodal Council’

April 26, 2024

Amid an ongoing back and forth between the Vatican and the German bishops conference over a controversial new ecclesial body, four of the nation’s prelates have refused to participate in Germany’s national synodal process, opting instead to wait for direction from Rome. The planning process of the Church in Germany, referred to as the “synodal