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Catholic news agency head resigns due to ‘totalitarian' reforms by Polish bishops
the head of one of europe’s largest catholic news agencies has resigned in protest over media reforms proposed by the polish church. marcin ...
The Catholic Herald
How does Canon Law apply to Holy Communion standoff between priest and MP?
my whatsapp exploded with messages on the morning of sunday, 29th june (the feast of ss peter and paul); however, on this occasion it was no...
Fr Pius Collins OPraem
Media obsession with 'wicked nuns' upended by Irish report on Tuam mother and baby home
readers might remember the sensational claim that went around the world back in 2014 that almost 800 babies had been found in a septic tank ...
David Quinn
MP denied Communion says priest’s actions not endorsed by local bishop
the british mp refused holy communion by his local priest due to his vote in favour of the uk’s assisted suicide bill has claimed that his l...
The Catholic Herald
Lourdes: a modern, musical retelling of the inspirational story returns to the stage
london – a dynamic new musical exploring the story of st bernadette and the marian apparitions in lourdes is set to return to stages in...
The Catholic Herald
Pope calls for Church unity on Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul
pope leo xiv has drawn on the examples of saint peter and saint paul to call for more unity in the catholic church. his comments came during...
Charles Collins
Pope Leo warns hunger is being used as a weapon of war
pope leo xiv has warned of the increasing use around the world of “the iniquitous use of hunger as a weapon of war”, while decrying the "des...
Charles Collins
Pope formally invited to visit his adoptive country after bestowing Pallia
pope leo xiv has been formally invited to visit peru, his adoptive country, by the leadership of the peruvian bishops’ conference. though bo...
Elise Allen
Assisted suicide Communion row: why the state cannot dictate the sacraments
relations between the catholic church and the british state have always been slightly delicate. unfortunately, last week they suffered a wor...
Prof Andrew Tettenborn
39-year-old charged after Crucifix set alight and 40 headstones smashed in Scotland
a 39-year-old man has been charged after a wooden crucifix was set alight and around forty headstones were vandalised overnight at st conval...
The Catholic Herald
Diocese of Paris marks twenty-year high at first Notre-Dame ordinations since fire
on 28 june 2025, the eve of the feast of st peter and st paul, in notre-dame cathedral, paris, archbishop laurent ulrich, the archbishop of ...
The Catholic Herald
US gives most to Peter’s Pence in 2024; Ireland gives most per head
the united states was the largest contributor to the vatican’s peter’s pence collection in 2024, while ireland gave the most per catholic am...
The Catholic Herald
MP denied Communion after backing assisted suicide bill
a priest has refused holy communion to liberal democrat mp chris coghlan over his vote in favour of the uk’s assisted suicide bill on 20 jun...
The Catholic Herald
Rap group calls for ‘death to the IDF’ at Glastonbury 2025
bob vylan, an english punk duo based in london, sparked controversy at this year’s glastonbury festival following a politically charged perf...
The Catholic Herald
The keys and the sword
“they came to the iron gate leading into the city. it opened for them of its own accord,” (acts 12:10). the angel freed peter from herod’s p...
Fr David Howell
Supreme Court sides with parents over LGBT curriculum
a supreme court decision allowing parents to opt out of storybooks that promote one-sided ideology on gender and sexuality has been praised ...
Crux Staff
Binding the wounds of war
this year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war. victory in europe and japan occurred within months of the 80th anni...
Ken Craycraft
US criticises MPs for backing 'state-sponsored suicide'
the trump administration has rebuked british mps for backing “state-subsidised suicide” by voting in favour of a bill to allow doctors to he...
Simon Caldwell
Is this the Killing Parliament?
in the decades to come, when the history of our times is being written, one wonders how this government will come to be seen. it deserves to...
Simon Caldwell
Don't be fooled by dubious models of success, Pope warns newly-ordained priests
pope leo xiv has warned 32 new priests to not be taken in by today’s models of success and prestige in the world “that are dubious and short...
Charles Collins
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