Newsroom

The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.

Senior clerics should follow the example of Cardinal Merry del Val

Pope Pius X's Secretary of State was a man of remarkable humility

Francis Phillips

Pope expels two Chilean bishops from priesthood

Francisco José Cox and Marco Antonio Órdenes were both accused of abuse

Junno Arocho Esteves

Morning Catholic must-reads: 15/10/18

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Luke Coppen

London council apologises to pro-life charity

Life took legal action after the removal of its stall at the Lambeth Country Show

Staff Reporter

Cardinal O’Malley expands sex abuse investigation to include all Boston seminaries

It is not known if there are accusations involving the additional seminaries

Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Wuerl is gone — or is he?

Once again, the Pope has officially removed someone while effectively keeping them in place

Christopher R. Altieri

Texas dioceses make joint pledge to release lists of accused clergy

The list will include all credible accusations dating back to the 1950s

Catholic News Agency

Pope accepts Cardinal Wuerl's resignation as Archbishop of Washington

However, the cardinal will continue as Apostolic Administrator until a replacement is appointed

Staff Reporter

Orthodox Patriarch commits to independent Ukrainian Church, snubs Moscow

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew's move will likely heighten tensions with the Russian Orthodox Church

Catholic News Agency

Morning Catholic must-reads: 12/10/18

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Luke Coppen

Shadow over the synod

The sex abuse crisis is gravely damaging the bishops

Christopher R. Altieri

Cover

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣ vatican breaks silence on mccarrick case what happened? pope francis has ordered a “thorough study” of vatican files relating to archbisho...

Staff writers

The best of the web

✣ highlights from the week online verifying the bones of st ambrose a forensic team has analysed the relics of 4th-century st ambrose. grego...

Staff writers

In brief

philadelphia keep ‘lgbtq’ out of church documents, says archbishop archbishop charles chaput of philadelphia has told the youth synod that “...

Staff writers

Lay investigation: Reporting on Their Eminences

catholics are divided by the prospect of an inquiry into the college of cardinals few would deny that this is the worst crisis the american ...

Michael Warren Davis

Cartoon: by Kipper Williams

The Catholic Herald

India: Bishops on trial

out of nowhere, catholics face a leadership crisis on two fronts the catholic church in india has just faced one of the most challenging sum...

Saptarshi Ray

The elephant in the synod

amid procedural changes and doctrinal tension, one issue hangs over this month’s meeting in rome hilaire belloc once remarked that the catho...

Christopher R. Altieri

Who will draft the youth synod's final report?

12 clerics are charged with writing the final documents

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

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