Catherine Osborne has produced a significant study of changing tastes in the construction of American Catholic churches between 1925 and 1975.

A supposed need for variety imposes more and more hymns on congregants, but the cost of novelty can be the full, active participation of those in the pews, writes John Zupez, S.J.

The Catholic Book Club's new selection studies the Catholic Church's ecclesial response to modernity over the last century.

Many will find Sohrab Ahmari’s account of coming to faith compelling and moving, while others may find his emphasis on an authoritative church confusing or even off-putting.

The pope and the pope emeritus are not so far apart: Both Benedict and Francis warn against responding to the abuse crisis with a ’self-made’ church that ignores the Gospel.

From 1962: What grounds exist for reasonable confidence in the Council’s outcome?