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November 10, 2022

Victorian Crusaders: British and Irish Volunteers in the Papal Army, 1860-1870 by Nicholas Schofield Helion & Co, 223 pages, £29.95 If one wants to understand why the shibboleth of Papal Infallibility intruded itself into European affairs in the last third of the 19th century, then one has to take seriously the matter of Italian reunification,

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI to defend himself against claims he covered up priest’s sex abuse.

November 10, 2022

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI will give evidence in court against a civil claim that he was negligent in his handling of a clerical abuse case in Germany. Benedict, former Archbishop of Munich and Freising, is expected to submit a written testimony in defence of his treatment of Fr Peter Hullerman, a priest who continued to

Pope Francis hits out at direction of German Synodal Path

November 08, 2022

Last week on Sunday Pope Francis warned German Catholics against implementing reforms while speaking to journalists on a flight back from Bahrain, warning also against another Protestant Church in Germany. As reported by Deutsche Welle, and the German Press Agency, Pope Francis said another new Protestant Church “won’t be as good”. This is not the first time the Pontiff

Cardinal Zuppi: can no special ‘signs’ really be read into TLM pilgrimage participation?

November 03, 2022

According to Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, there are no special “signs” to be read into his attendance and presiding over Vespers for a recent annual Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) pilgrimage to Rome, named after Benedict XVI’s apostolic letter Summorum Pontificum, acknowledging the right of all priests to offer Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal. As reported by Andrea

Cardinals Tagle and Parolin defend renewal of Sino-Vatican pact

October 24, 2022

On October 22 the Vatican confirmed it had renewed a deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) relating to the appointment of bishops in the country. Renewal of the 2018 deal has been fiercely criticised by Cardinal Joseph Zen (the veteran former Bishop of Hong Kong, currently on trial there on trumped-up charges) as well

Cardinal Kasper joins criticism of Synodal Path

October 24, 2022

German prelate Cardinal Walter Kasper, the former President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, has called Germany’s Synodal Path a “failure” in an interview with Communio, joining fellow German cardinals Gerhard Müller and Reinhard Marx, who have also expressed their concerns to different degrees. Cardinal Kasper said the Church would only have a

Trouble ahead? The Irish Synodal Pathway leads to Rome

October 07, 2022

It is more than likely that the Catholic Church’s Synod in Rome – called by Pope Francis and set to take place in October – is going to end badly. It seems set to cause yet more division, more rancour and more bad press. You only have to look at the document sent in by

Rome cannot ignore the prosecution of Cardinal Zen

October 07, 2022

This month sees the trial in Hong Kong of Cardinal Joseph Zen. He and four defendants face charges of failing properly to register a fund (now defunct) to help anti-government protesters in the island. The 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund was established to help people arrested for taking part in pro-democracy protests in 2019 and was