Time to move beyond “Synoding”?

George Weigel, First Things Thursday, September 4, 2025 Pope Benedict XVI wrote that the historical-critical analysis had value in its time, but now we need to take into account “the living tradition of the whole Church”; one that reads the…

How religion declines around the world

Conrad Hackett, Pew Research Center Thursday, September 4, 2025 Religious identity is fading in many countries. From 2010 to 2020, the share of the population affiliated with any religion dropped at least 5 percentage points in 35 countries,…

When the Pope Went to Westminster

Fifteen years ago this month, Pope Benedict XVI became the first pope to make a state visit to Britain. (John Paul II made a pastoral visit in 1982.) It was an historic event, both for the Catholic Church in the UK and for the United Kingdom.…