Christ is Risen, Alleluia! He is Risen Indeed, Alleluia! The Resurrection Piero della Francesca c.1463 Sansepolchro, Tuscany ...

Lawrence England of the blog That the Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill, and Chairman of the Guild of St Titus Brandsma, has a thoughtful p...

The Resurrection Piero della Francesca c.1463 Sansepolchro, Tuscany This is essentially a reworking of my post for Easter in 2011. Tha...

Today is Ascension Day, and I shall observe it with Mass in the Traditional rite at the Oxford Oratory at lunchtime. I am quite happy to c...

Today is the 87th birthday of the Pope Emeritus, and an opportunity to express good wishes to Pope Benedict in his retirement and to put o...

Tuesday was the anniversary of the announcement by Pope Benedict XVI of his intention to abdicate as Supreme Pontiff at the end of the mon...

As we come to the end of the year which saw Pope Benedict XVI's abdication the always thoughtful Fr Blake has an interesting reflecti...

Rorate Coeli had an interesting post yesterday where it publishes the text of the letter from the Pope appointing Cardinal Walter Brandmul...

Further to my recent post about attitudes to the Pope from the media and bloggers I see there is another post on Rorate Caeli which look...

Pope Celestine V An early mural painting and the new face mask   Image:news.discovery.com I see from a post on the Mediev...

Today is the birthday of Her Majesty The Queen and this post is simply to express my loyal and warm good wishes on the 87th anniversary of...

Fr Blake has a good post about the historic, indeed unprededented, meeting on Saturday of the Pope and the Pope Emeritus at Castelgandolfo...

Pope Francis preaches at Mass in the Sistine Chapel. Image: Reuters/Vatican CTV/ITV. In the 48 hours since his election as...

Lest anyone forget amid all the media and online listing of Papal candidates, theologically speaking, the Holy Spirit has a vital ro...

I marked the end of the Pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI where it began for me, in the Oratory Church here in Oxford. Last night the 6pm Ma...

Pope Benedict XVI gives his final blessing to his cardinals at the Vatican this afternoon Image:AP/PA In these last hours of...

Image:buzzhunt.co.uk The spectacular lightening strike on St Peter's on February 11th, a few hours after the Pope announced...

The well-informed and serious Rorate Caeli has a valuable and insightful piece from the religion blog at Le Figaro about the negotiatio...

Last Thursday the Pope gave an address to the parish priests and clergy of the Diocese of Rome in which he reflected on Vatican II. This ad...

It was not until late afternoon yesterday that I learned of the Pope's announcement of his intention to abdicate as of the evening ...