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Evelyn Waugh’s forgotten battle to preserve the Latin Mass

July 08, 2016

The great novelist, who died 50 years ago, almost became the first president of the Latin Mass Society

What John Cage can teach us about the Mass

February 18, 2016

The avant-garde composer's infamous piece reminds us that we need silence

Mission abandoned: did we betray John XXIII’s vision for Vatican II?

November 26, 2015

Vatican II was intended as a call to unity and evangelism, but its legacy has been an escalation of intra-Catholic wars. It is time to embrace John XXIII’s original vision

Why popes don’t always get what they want

November 26, 2015

The friends of Francis are urging him to take a revolutionary step after the synod. But there are good reasons why he might reject their advice

Prayer for Jews ‘should be updated,’ say England and Wales bishops

November 24, 2015

The prayer was revised by Benedict XVI in 2008 after he permitted wider celebration of Mass in the Extraordinary Form

Can Bad Catholic Music be stopped?

November 05, 2015

When Benedict XVI was in his prime choirmasters quietly reintroduced chant and polyphony to Catholic parishes. But it may have been too little too late

Letters from the Synod: October 7, 2015

October 07, 2015

Reports and commentary, from Rome and elsewhere, on the XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

Letters from the Synod: October 1, 2015

October 01, 2015

Reports and commentary, from Rome and elsewhere, on the XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops