The Benedict experiment
February 1, 2018
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Five years on, his resignation is still shocking
Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/10/17
October 3, 2017
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A daily guide to what’s happening in the Catholic Church
‘With one bound, they were free’: The Catholic Herald editorial on the release of Summorum Pontificum
September 14, 2017
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Here’s how the Catholic Herald greeted the release of Summorum Pontificum in July 2007
Parish life has become insufferably middle-class
August 3, 2017
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Marriage and baptism are not bourgeois rites of passage. We need to make them easier
Cardinal Sarah’s challenge to traditionalists
July 20, 2017
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Cardinal Sarah uses the term ‘reconciliation’ because moving towards his vision begins with a change of heart
On the 10th anniversary of Summorum Pontificum, we can safely say the doomsayers are wrong
July 7, 2017
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Despite predictions of chaos and division, Pope Benedict’s Motu Proprio has enriched the church
The Church and the liturgy face a ‘profound crisis’, says Cardinal Sarah
April 3, 2017
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The Vatican’s liturgy chief said ‘high-ranking prelates’ were affirming ‘obvious doctrinal, moral and liturgical errors’
Are there really two popes?
January 14, 2016
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Benedict XVI’s resignation and his enigmatic life as Pope Emeritus have inspired ludicrous conspiracy theories. It’s time to put them to rest
The rise and fall of the Catholic blogosphere
July 30, 2015
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During the reign of Benedict XVI, blogging became a mighty instrument in the hands of conservative Catholics. But the medium soon revealed a darker side
Forget the 1960s – it is time the Church once again embraced new music in the liturgy
March 19, 2015
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Composers all over the world are hungry to write sacred music
Latin Mass Society asks bishops to embrace traditionalists as ‘spiritual children’
December 22, 2014
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Open letter makes an appeal for an end to ‘marginalisation’ of those attached to Extraordinary Form
Summorum Pontificum has put us in touch with our history
July 8, 2014
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Seven years ago Benedict XVI’s motu proprio liberated the traditional Latin Mass from all restrictions