Newsroom

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

Fugitive former abbot appears in court over abuse allegations

Fr Laurence Soper was arrested on Sunday after returning to the UK from Kosovo

Staff Reporter

Villages 'obliterated' as Christian persecution grows in eastern Congo

Pope Francis and the UN have called for action after at least 36 Christians are hacked to death

Staff Reporter

What exactly is a happy death?

in the roman catholic culture in which i grew up, we were taught to pray for a happy death. for many catholics at the time, this was a stand...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

Television: Dragons’ Den lost its fire long ago

what do i hate most about dragons’ den (bbc two, sundays, 9pm)? that presenter evan davis constantly describes what just happened. an invent...

Tim Stanley

Harry Mount: Selective schools can be brutal

the biggest objection to the return of grammar schools is how ruthlessly selective the old 11-plus exams were. by their very nature, exams a...

Harry Mount

In brief

most iraqi christians want to leave iraq iraqi christians are reluctant to return home even after islamic state militants are pushed out of ...

Staff writers

Bishops call Luther a ‘teacher of the faith’

germany’s catholic bishops have praised martin luther as a “gospel witness and teacher of the faith”. in a 206-page report, “the reformation...

Staff writers

Pope visits women rescued from prostitution

pope francis has paid a surprise visit to a community helping 20 young women get their lives back together after being rescued from prostitu...

Staff writers

Police alarmed by ‘poltergeist’ call in priest

police in scotland called for help from the catholic church last week after being disturbed by what they thought was a “poltergeist” at a fa...

Staff writers

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online who’s worse? in an article for his diocesan newsletter entitled “some personal thoughts on the mont...

Staff writers

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The Anjem Choudary verdict is an embarrassment for the BBC

His two decades of propagandising for murder are a great reproach to the British legal system and the broadcasters who gave him such publicity

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

French president meets Pope to thank him after terrorist attacks

Pope Francis has met privately at the Vatican with President Hollande

Catholic News Service

Pope names Dallas bishop head of new office for laity and family life

Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas will head the Vatican's new department

Catholic News Service

Pope Francis expresses sorrow over Mediterranean wildfires

The Pope is praying for 'courage' for those affected by wildfires in Portugal and Spain

Staff Reporter

Bishops in Colombia welcome Government's decision to reject gender ideology

President Juan Manuel Santost has said that schools will not be introducing gender ideology following mass protests

Staff Reporter

Pope prays for exploited women on the Feast of the Assumption

The Pope prayed that exploited women soon would be able to live a life of 'peace, justice and love'

Catholic News Service

Catholics urged to join peace walk to counter Black Mass

Bishops have called for urgent prayers as Satanist group prepare to conduct a 'Black Mass' service in order to mock the Virgin Mary

Staff Reporter

What we must try to find out following the death of this ISIS bride

Why are young girls like Kadiza Sultana attracted to the ISIS phenomenon?

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Pope Francis makes surprise visit to women rescued from prostitution

Visit was one of the Pontiff's 'Mercy Friday' trips marking the Year of Mercy

Cindy Wooden

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