The Catholic Church Faces a Historic Test

The Priestly Fraternity of St Pius X is pressing ahead with episcopal ordinations without a papal mandate, exposing deeper tension…

Inconvenient: Why One Sentence from the Pope Can Shake Political Power

The history of conflicts between secular rulers and popes is not merely a succession of dramatic and spectacular episodes. It refl…

The Pope Seeks to Ease Divisions Over the Traditional Mass

The Holy Mass is not merely one of the Church’s acts, but a sacrament of her unity. In a message to the French bishops, Leo XIV wa…