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Bishop Barron: The movie that Benedict XVI really deserves
the new and much-ballyhooed netflix film the two popes should, by rights, be called the one pope, for it presents a fairly nuanced, textured...
Bishop Robert Barron
We used to believe bishops told the truth. What happened?
one of the biggest stories of 2019 took place exactly a year ago. the diocese of pittsburgh confirmed that cardinal donald wuerl of washingt...
Fr Raymond de Souza
How Cardinal Tagle's new job could transform the Church
when cardinal luis antonio tagle takes the reins at the vatican congregation for the evangelisation of peoples this month, he will face a ho...
Christopher R. Altieri
Why I'm hooked on televangelism
when, as deputy prime minister, john prescott punched a protester during the general election campaign in 2001 it nearly ruined his career. ...
Melissa Kite
A pro-life 'citizens' initiative' has received the cold shoulder
the eu is constitutionally committed to the idea of democracy. furthermore, every country in it is by tradition christian, about a third bei...
Andrew Tettenborn
Will life get worse for India's Christians in 2020?
most christians in india will remember the year 2019 as challenging, to say the least. religious minorities in general and christians specif...
Andreas Thonhauser
A rapidly growing campus ministry hosts a massive youth conference
thousands of young catholics descended on phoenix, arizona, last week for a conference hosted by the fellowship of catholic university stude...
Jeff Cimmino
A relative of Prince Harry heads for canonisation
next week could see a cricket-mad aristocrat related to princes william and harry take a step closer to canonisation, when vatican officials...
Simon Caldwell
Who can replace Cardinal Sodano as dean?
an apostolic letter which tweaked the role of the dean of the college of cardinals was one of two moves at the end of 2019 which made it cle...
Christopher R. Altieri
World news: from Mexico City to Maiduguri
washington, dc supreme court considering louisiana abortion law more than 200 senators and members of congress have signed an amicus brief s...
Staff writers
Meanwhile: why atheists adore cats
churchgoers are much less likely to be cat people, according to a study which found that those who had never entered a church owned on avera...
Staff writers
The best of the web: dangerous disconnects, Ethiopian Christianity and a 'miracle'
dangerous disconnects in catholic teaching? seminary formation and catholic theology are becoming increasingly cut off from the real lives o...
Staff writers
The week ahead: Bible year, Sistine Chapel baptisms and Prohibition
the bishops of england and wales have dedicated 2020 as a year of focus on the bible, entitled “the god who speaks”, celebrating, living and...
Staff writers
Overlooked: Twenty-nine missionaries killed in 2019
what happened? according to the vatican’s missionary agency fides, 29 missionaries were killed around the world last year. of these, 18 were...
Staff writers
The big story: Pope apologises for slapping woman's hand
what happened? pope francis has apologised for slapping the hand of a woman who reached out and grabbed him on new year’s eve. film of the i...
Staff writers
Chile: a wake-up call for the global Church
chile is the new ireland: a once proud catholic nation dramatically turning its back on the church. a survey by the pontifical catholic univ...
The Catholic Herald
January 10, 2020
The Catholic Herald
Tafida Raqeeb moved from intensive care unit in Italian hospital
a five-year-old british girl, whose parents won a legal battle to take her to italy for medical treatment, has been moved out of intensive c...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Bishop suspends sign of peace and chalice after flu outbreak
bishop robert deeley of portland issued a directive on thursday suspending the distribution of communion under both species and the exchange...
Catholic News Agency
What the 'State of the World' address reveals about the state of the Church
pope francis delivered his annual “state of the world” speech to diplomats accredited to the holy see on thursday morning, in the clementine...
Christopher R. Altieri
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