Charles Collins

catholic groups in britain are calling on the government to make changes to the benefit system to help families with the cost of living. the...

leicester, united kingdom – in the middle of the covid pandemic, elena curti published  fifty catholic churches to see before you die,&...

leicester, united kingdom – a crucifix that once belonged to a priest executed after england’s notorious gunpowder plot is currently on disp...

catholic school representatives in the united kingdom have rejected the conclusions of a report which claims that catholic primary schools s...

For millions of Catholics around the world who find comfort in the traditional Latin Mass, the fights of the rectory and professional Catholic class have once again struck them at home.

cardinal lorenzo baldisseri at the holy see press office on oct. 2, 2019. (file photo, cns/paul haring)   i remember once attending a r...

The London investment is equivalent to the Vatican’s annual budget, and the idea of a few laymen and a couple of prelates sinking it into a dubious deal, without proper oversight and checks and balances is, well, laughable.

pope francis speaks with vatican secretary of state, cardinal pietro parolin, during a visit to lima's cathedral on 21 january 2018. (vincen...

This is the first known instance of the Vatican using official diplomatic channels to oppose legislation in Italy; although given that it was publicized through a leak to the press and not an official statement, it is possible it has happened before. It is an odd time for the Holy See to brandish such a weapon. The world is observing Pride Month, and Italy is set to host a series of Pride parades this weekend, which organizers now say will protest the Vatican action. In addition, the Catholic Church in Italy has usually fared poorly when opposing Italian laws.

cover image: december 2013 cover of the advocate featuring pope francis as the magazine's person of the year   news analysis by charles...

"I don't expect members of panel shows or even <i>Church Times</i> columnists to be experts on Catholic Church law," writes <i>Charles Collins</i>. "But let’s face it, most of those who are upset with the Catholic Church for allowing Johnson to marry his girlfriend (and mother of his child) are more upset with the prime minister’s policies than his - or the Church’s - morals."

i wasn’t going to wade into the boris johnson wedding hullabaloo until i watched “have i got news for you” on friday night. the prime minist...

Despite its novelty – 50 years is nothing in Church time – the Synod, too, can fall into the same “functionalism” against which Pope Francis warned the Dicastery for Communication earlier this week.

the mechanism of the salisbury cathedral clock shortly after its restoration, july 1956. (folb/topical press agency/hulton archive/getty ima...

It is important for the Vatican to have a Commission for the Protection of Minors. Whatever one thinks of the Center’s upgrade, it remains important that the Church have other named institutions for child protection.

what's in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. i thought of juliet’s musings when it was announced that...

The events in Ireland and Quebec are easily explained away as the Church just getting caught up in laws that are aimed at the general population. But another factor is at work: Ireland and Quebec are both flexing their muscles as post-Catholic societies.

pope francis at mass in phoenix park, dublin, 26 august 26 2018. (ben stansall/afp via getty images) &nbsp; social issues aren’t enough: in ...

For years, people have complained about the dumbing down of doctrine in religious education courses, but this takes the cake: Catholics literally enraged because an atheist describes Catholic teaching fairly accurately.

i have never quite gotten the schtick of the new atheists. there are lots of things in which i don’t believe, including leprechauns and unic...

Synodality has become the buzzword of the present pontificate – Pope Francis has used the Synod of Bishops as the chief tool of pushing his agenda – only, what does "synodality" mean?

when ireland’s bishops met last week for their spring meeting – virtually, due to the covid-19 pandemic – the big announcement was that the ...