The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has released a new doctrinal note, Una Caro. In Praise of Monogamy, presenting monogamous marriage as a gift rooted in human dignity and grace

Father Richard “Rick” Thomas, the Jesuit whose four decades of ministry along the US–Mexico border made him a singular figure in one of the poorest regions of North America, has moved a step closer to canonisation after the US bishops voted to advance his cause

The Rt Rev Thomas McMahon, Bishop Emeritus of Brentwood, has died at his home in Stock at the age of 89

The National Trust blocked film-maker Christian Holden from filming at St Cuthbert’s Cave, citing a policy against “religious affiliation”

In an interview with Vatican News, newly elected USCCB president Archbishop Paul Coakley said immigration remains a “burning issue” for the American Church, calling for advocacy, pastoral care and calmer national rhetoric

In the algorithm’s pursuit of perfect matches, the acceptance of human imperfection has been lost. A quality essential to any lasting Christian marriage

Bishop David Waller, head of the Ordinariate of England and Wales, reflects on the new St Barnabas Society report detailing the experiences of former Anglican clergy and religious who have entered into full communion with the Catholic Church

In unitate fidei urges Christians to recover the unity first affirmed at Nicaea as he prepares to mark the council’s 1,700th anniversary at its ancient site

Monaco’s head of state has refused to sign a National Council bill that would have legalised abortion, keeping the Principality among the world’s most pro-life nations

Nigerian Bishop Wilfred Anagbe urged lawmakers to confront militant groups driving escalating violence across the country and warned that Christian communities in the north and Middle Belt are at risk of destruction without urgent intervention

The kidnapping of more than 300 children and staff from St Mary’s School in Niger State has left an already persecuted Christian community devastated

First proclaimed by Pius XI to confront growing secularism, the Feast of Christ the King remains essential in an age of persecution and political hostility to the Faith

Christian persecution in Nigeria is in the spotlight, after Donald Trump warned that the US may take military action against Nigeria unless its government stops the killing of Christians by extremist groups. The story of Nigerian catechist Tobias Yahaya's near-fatal stabbing, which is captured in the accompanying video, illustrates the human toll of such communal violence

The 'motu proprio' only took a sentence to amend the irregularity and restore legal clarity, but it marks a decisive early step in Leo's pontificate in terms of trying to fix inconsistencies inherited from the previous pontificate

Pope Leo XIV has told young Catholics in the US not to allow artificial intelligence to take over their education, with his comments coming during an unprecedented livestream from the Vatican to a vast gathering of jubilant youth in Indianapolis

The university has reversed a recent change to staff values by reinstating “Catholic mission” at the heart of its core values, following criticism and concerns over the institution’s Catholic identity being whittled away

The latest annual report from the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe offers one of the clearest assessments yet of the growing hostility faced by Christians in nations long shaped by Christian heritage

The result of this decision is stark: unless you happen to be rich enough to afford ruinously expensive private education. For the well-heeled bankers and lawyers, bringing up the family according to the tenets of true religion remains possible: for the rest of us it has just been made enormously more difficult

Tucked away on St Aldates, this is one of Oxford’s hidden treasures and is more than a bookstore. It serves as a warm hearth of Catholic intellectual life, where the love of books and the love of God share the same shelf

Bishop Anthony Ward has revealed that he was secretly consecrated in a Traditional Rite ceremony in 2024 – which while valid was illicit – by Archbishop Telesphore George Mpundu, the retired Archbishop of Lusaka