How Agatha Christie helped to save the Latin Mass
An unlikely intervention by England’s cultural luminaries rescued the Tridentine Mass from threatened extinction
Gregorian chant: the cultural front line of the new evangelisation
The cultural and artistic value of chant exercises a powerful attraction
How observing the Ember Days can enhance your spiritual life
Ember days are a particularly ancient and rich part of the Church’s liturgical patrimony
Want your parish to close? Set up a ‘crying room’
A parish that segregates people who had the temerity to produce children doesn’t deserve another generation of members
Why Cardinal Sarah’s liturgical ‘reconciliation’ plan won’t work
The cardinal’s plan is well intentioned, but the new lectionary and calendar would be too confusing if applied to the Old Rite
50 years on, a fascinating glimpse of how liturgical reform became a juggernaut
Eucharisticum Mysterium, issued on May 25 1967, shows the conflict between innovation and tradition
The treatment of independent midwives is shameful
Independent midwives in Britain were effectively banned earlier this year when their insurance was deemed inadequate
An Extraordinary turn of events
Francis is confounding those who presented him as an enemy of traditionalism. The movement is actually flourishing thanks to his ‘live and let live’ attitude
