Rationabile Obsequium

 At 5pm this evening (Roman Time), Pope Francis will be celebrating Mass in St Peter's Basilica to mark the 60th anniversary of the open...

More than 20% of priests and brothers have died in past three years? I was interested to read this in the Irish Examiner . My first reactio...

I was disappointed by this statement from the Irish Episcopal Conference this morning. The bishops seem to be moving towards the decision t...

 I must confess to a certain unease with the recent reflection of Bishop Paul Dempsey of Achonry in the way it deals with the recent CDF st...

I must confess to mixed emotions around the ongoing saga of Fr PJ Hughes, particularly with regard to his being fined regarding a public Mas...

There's an interesting  Vatican News Interview  with Cardinal Ladaria, Prefect of the CDF. I have prepared a rough translation. The tran...

This article by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI , prepared for a Bavarian clergy magazine is well worth the read. Now, in an ideal world, I...