A Catholic priest proved the principle of flight in 1709. Bartolomeu de Gusmão watched a soap bubble rise above a candle flame He built a small paper balloon, fuelled by heated air, and flew it before the Portuguese royal court on August 8, 1709 The Montgolfiers flew theirs in

Los Reyes han sido recibidos en audiencia por Su Santidad el Papa León XIV en el Palacio Apostólico (Ciudad del Vaticano).  ➡️casareal.es/ES/Actividades…

The testimony of Marwan Sehnaoui, President of Order of Malta Lebanon to EWTN News: "We don’t want immigration; we want people to stay on their lands." With 600 staff members and over 60 active projects, the #OrderofMalta continues to provide medical care. ewtnnews.com/world/middle-e…

Looking forward to helping lead the commemoration of the 470th anniversary of the martyrdom of Thomas Cranmer at the University Church in Oxford tomorrow. 11am, all most welcome. pbs.org.uk/event/cranmer2…

One of the problems with the 'Ted Cruz Megachurch Alumnus' when s/he does Church history is it is the Church that canonises the Bible (why we have 4 Gospels and none are gnostic) and not vice versa.

The Church of England is already under severe strain. Some of the Anglicans Dame Sarah Mullally now leads do not believe it can be headed by a woman economist.com/britain/2026/0…

Will English dioceses be consolidated in the coming years? pillarcatholic.com/p/whats-happen…

Inexcusable: Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster, de facto leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, has apparently not said anything about the House of Lords vote – which took place on his own doorstep – decriminalising infanticide. No wonder his former clergy in

Why did we publish the pictures of Prevost in the Pachamama ritual?

When will the German shepherds take notice and change course?

Pachamama and other grave questions. infovaticana.com/blogs/specola/…

Nobody talks more bollocks about American Catholicism than Massimo Faggioli

“We live in an age of emotional incontinence, where intense reactions are performed and amplified in every corner of the internet. Worse, intensity is often mistaken for authenticity.” In a culture that commodifies feeling and rewards spectacle, Lola Salem argues that the

BELGIUM 🇧🇪 The Bishop of Antwerp, Johan Bonny, has said that he hopes to ordain married men by 2028 He has said that he plans to speak to other bishops and the Vatican about the plans and will select and train suitable men in the meantime

The Abbot of Solesmes Sends a Letter to the Pope on the Integration of the Old Rite -- Followed by Interview with the Abbot rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-ab…

The bishop said he will “make every effort to ordain married men as priests for our diocese by 2028.” pillarcatholic.com/p/belgian-bish…

Mothballs has failed his first test at Westminster, and failed it very badly.

I don’t doubt the Abbot’s sincerity but why do people who know nothing about about the TLM, those who attend it, or the scholarly work that has been done for the last fifty years insist on giving us ‘solutions’? 1/2

Pope Leo wants to strengthen the Church's support for marriage and family life. Good. But a focus on Amoris Laetitia isn't the way to do it. open.substack.com/pub/pflawler/p…

Icelandic police inspect priest’s comments on homosexuality cruxnow.com/church-in-euro… #iceland #catholic #catholicchurch #religiousfreedom