Zollner’s resignation and the credibility of papal reform

Zollner, 56, has been one of the best-known faces of Vatican-led reform efforts on child protection for years – he is widely regarded among Church leaders as an honest broker, a candid voice with a singular commitment to initiating and implementing reform...

Milan archbishop overhauls seminary formation as numbers drop

A seven-page document out-lining the changes noted that in the five years from 2017 to 2022, the annual number of new entrants to priestly formation in the archdiocese fell from 24 to 6. Delpini, who signed the document March 25, announced the “reconfiguration” of...

Trads Target Francis With Latin Mass Billboard Blitz

On March 29, dozens of posters urging the pontiff to cease his hostilities against the TLM were plastered on billboards in Roman neighbourhoods surrounding Vatican City. The posters featuring images and quotes from Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II and Pope Pius V...

Irish Catholicism & Mass attendance reach new low

Irish analytics and data company Amárach recently conducted a survey that found only about 14% of Irish Catholics regularly atte-nd Sunday Mass. Before Ireland’s bishops went along with the government’s draconian COVID lockdowns and church closures, only 24% of...