The Knights of Malta’s Mass ban is hardly chivalrous
Benedict XVI hoped that liberating the Old Mass would heal divisions. But not everyone shares his view
Infiltration: an unconvincing tale of the Church’s enemies
This account of ‘infiltration’ is fair-minded but sloppy, says Joseph Shaw
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
