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The week's reporting from across the Catholic world — what happened, who said what, and what it means.
Mob attacks Indian Christians who refused to become Hindus
mumbai, india – a mob of hindu nationalists attacked a group of protestant christians in an odisha village for resisting alleged pressure to...
Nirmala Carvalho
Suicide bomber kills more than 20 Christians in attack on Syrian church
more than 20 people were killed and dozens more injured in an explosion at a church in the syrian capital during an evening service. the att...
Amy Balog
BBC newsreader changes ‘pregnant people’ to ‘women’ live on air
a bbc news presenter has received international attention after an incident live on air over the weekend. martine croxall altered the wordin...
The Catholic Herald
Mexican prelate opposes concert by accused rock star Marilyn Manson
archbishop jorge cavazos arizpe of san luis potosí, a city of more than 800,000 residents in mexico, has asked the local state governor to c...
EduardoCamposLima
Be witnesses to sanctity of life, Cardinal tells Catholics after 'watershed' suicide vote
british catholics must hold firmly to the teaching of the church that human life is sacred and inviolable, cardinal vincent nichols has said...
Simon Caldwell
Testament: a slow start
once upon a time, shows with an obviously biblical message had one thing in their favour – almost no-one watched them. this meant that the p...
Maddy Fry
LA archbishop decries migrant crackdown as 'punishment'
president donald trump’s policies on immigration “is not policy, it is punishment”, los angeles archbishop josé gómez has said. last week, t...
Charles Collins
Police pragmatism and the rise of mob rule
it’s not normal to find yourself needing to call the police when you are being threatened with violence - making the emergency call, having ...
Gavin Ashenden
Leo reclaims Castel Gandolfo as papal summer residence
rome – reviving a tradition that reaches back to the 1600s, pope leo will spend most of july and at least part of august at the papal summer...
John L Allen
Catholics urged to contact MPs ahead of tonight's votes for abortion up to birth
mps will tonight vote on two “extreme amendments” to abortion law to permit the killing of unborn babies up to birth with impunity. campaign...
The Catholic Herald
Jihadis butcher 200 Nigerian Christians in fresh massacre
in a horrifying escalation of violence, between 100 and 200 christians were murdered by fulani jihadist herdsmen in nigeria’s benue state, a...
Ngala Chimton / Crux
Pope Leo XIV’s ancestry includes African American roots and ties to Justin Bieber
the ancestry of pope leo xiv has been traced across more than 15 generations and four continents, encompassing african american, french, spa...
The Catholic Herald
British and Irish people should ‘defend rather than undermine’ life, says Pope Leo
marking britain and ireland’s “day for life,” pope leo xiv called on everyone in society to “defend rather than undermine a civilisation fou...
Charles Collins
Why one word changed everything: the Nicene Creed and the nature of Christ
the creed finally promulgated by the council of nicaea was a rather awkward fusion of bits and pieces from the local baptismal confessions o...
Rowan Williams
Entering the life of the Trinity
“all that the father has is mine; therefore i said that will take what is mine and declare it to you” (john 16:15). god is father, son and s...
Fr David Howell
Court acquits drag artist over ‘Our Father’ performance
a manila court has acquitted filipino drag artist amadeus fernando pagente, better known as pura luka vega, in a high-profile case involving...
Joseph SanMateo
Abortion, contraception and the breast cancer epidemic
just over 20 years ago an american scientist called professor joel brind visited london in the hope that his findings of a causal link betwe...
Simon Caldwell
Los Angeles archdiocese responds to riots
the archdiocese of los angeles is trying to help counter the widespread violence that has broken out in the city during protests against fed...
The Catholic Herald
Muslims and non-religious outpaced Christian growth from 2010-2020, reports Pew
the number of muslims in the world and the number of people who do not have a religious affiliation both grew faster than the number of chri...
The Catholic Herald
Nigeria's bishops demand end to jihadi violence after 100 die in fresh attacks
catholic bishops in nigeria have renewed their demands for an end to the killing of christians in the country, saying there is “no justifica...
Ngala Killian Chimtom
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