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RIP Fra’ Matthew Festing (1949-2021)
November 13, 2021
On Friday, the Grand Magistry of the Order of Malta announced the death of Fra’ Matthew Festing, the 79th Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, who died in Malta, aged 71. Elected in March 2008, the charismatic Amplefordian served as Grand Master until January 2017 after being forced to resign by the Vatican
Squabbling over the Old Rite
August 29, 2021
The internal debate about the Latin Mass has little effect on the Church’s outreach and is unlikely to reverse the decline of Catholicism in the West
Suppression of the Traditional Rite
August 26, 2021
With the clergy seemingly intent on blotting out tradition, the Church finds itself engaged in another unedifying culture war
Responsibility, Accountability, Transparency: The State of Church Reform
April 24, 2021
If there are stalwart reformers -- and we know there are some of the clerisy genuinely committed to the work of ripping out the rot and repairing the Church's leadership culture -- we might nonetheless reasonably wonder whether they have the wherewithal to bring about meaningful reform.
How McCarricks Happen
April 18, 2021
Thinking in terms of McCarricks, plural, is important for the Catholic Church. If we’ve had to suffer one, what’s to stop there being others? Indeed, among many lessons to be learned from the whole sorry spectacle, surely one is that being a McCarrick can (to borrow a concept from game theory) be a supremely profitable ‘strategy’.
Saints and Sales – Our top 10 religious bestsellers
March 01, 2021
From fiction to biography, the allure of the Vatican is like no other
‘Heart speaks to heart’: Benedict XVI sends message for his brother’s funeral Mass
July 08, 2020
Benedict XVI watched his brother’s funeral via livestream
Pope Francis offers condolences to Benedict XVI following his brother’s death
July 02, 2020
The Pope expressed his “heartfelt sympathy” after the death of Mgr Georg Ratzinger on July 1 at the age of 96
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