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Articles by Mark Lambert
The Decree, the Note, and a Growing Crisis of Canonical Credibility
Just as predicted, when the Holy See announced the excommunication of the bishops consecrated by the Society of Saint Pius X, the headlines were horrible. Attention immediately centred upon the gravity of the penalty and the implications for the Society’s future. Supporters and critics alike hurried to debate Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s legacy, the necessity claimed by the Society and the consequences for traditional Catholics throughout the world.
Why Traditiones Custodes Has Caused A Crisis Of Liturgical Authority
There are moments in the life of the Church when a local dispute suddenly reveals a much deeper and more troubling fault line. What is unfolding in the Diocese of Charlotte is one such moment. On the surface, the issue concerns altar rails, kneeling for Holy Communion, ad orientem worship and the continued constriction of the Traditional Latin Mass.
Roche, Fernández and the collapse of competence at the heart of the Church
I worry that the present pontificate is in danger of normalising a widening gap between authority and competence, a gap that has worryingly become most visible when senior officials are required to justify contested policies in writing. Two recent interventions from Rome have brought that disjunction sharply into focus.
His Reign Shall Have No End
Review of Peter A. Kwasniewski’sHis Reign Shall Have No End: Catholic Social Teaching for the Lion Hearted, Arouca Press, 2025. By Robert Cassidy Some books are written in times of peace, and promote war; others in times of war, promoting peace. Dr. Peter Kwasniewski’s His Reign Shall Have No End: Catholic Social Teaching for the Lion Hearted belongs in both camps.
Pope Leo’s Confusing Defense of Cupich
The storm surrounding Cardinal Blase Cupich’s plan to bestow a “Lifetime Achievement Award” upon Senator Dick Durbin has now taken an extraordinary turn. Under mounting public pressure and amid reports that senior leaders of the U.S. bishops’ conference were preparing a public intervention, Senator Durbin himself declined the award.
When Continuity Becomes Contradiction
Cardinal Francis George, the late Archbishop of Chicago, understood that reform in the Church means re-rooting, not uprooting. He was a scholar-bishop with a clear sense of Catholic identity, a defender of continuity in doctrine and liturgy, and a pastor who left his archdiocese with stable vocations and a coherent vision. His were, as we say in England, very big boots to fill.
When Mercy Misleads: The Cost of Softening Scripture
A recent article by Fr. Richard J. Clifford, S.J., published on Outreach, a website led and promoted by Fr. James Martin, S.J., presents a striking reinterpretation of the biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah. Of course, Fr. Martin is promoting it and proposing Fr. Clifford as a “distinguished Old Testament scholar”.
A Young Black Scientist Discovered a Pivotal Leprosy Treatment in the 1920s. An Older White Male Colleague Took the Credit.
This article was originally published by The Conversation. Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today—and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a pioneering young scientist in the 1920s. Centuries prior to her discovery, sufferers had no remedy for leprosy’s debilitating symptoms or its social stigma. This young scientist, Alice Ball, laid fundamental groundwork for the first effective leprosy treatment globally.
A young, Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s; but an older colleague took the credit
Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today – and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a pioneering young scientist in the 1920s. Centuries prior to her discovery, sufferers had no remedy for leprosy’s debilitating symptoms or its social stigma. This young scientist, Alice Ball, laid fundamental groundwork for the first effective leprosy treatment globally.
A Young Black Scientist Discovered A Pivotal Leprosy Treatment But Is Only Now Getting Proper Recognition
An older colleague took the credit for the discovery after the untimely early death of Alice Ball in 1916. Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today — and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a pioneering young scientist in the 1920s. Centuries prior to her discovery, sufferers had no remedy for leprosy’s debilitating symptoms or its social stigma. This young scientist, Alice Ball, laid fundamental groundwork for the first effective leprosy treatment globally.
A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit
Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today — and that’s partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a pioneering young scientist in the 1920s. Centuries prior to her discovery, sufferers had no remedy for leprosy’s debilitating symptoms or its social stigma. This young scientist, Alice Ball, laid fundamental groundwork for the first effective leprosy treatment globally.
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