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Lebanon caught by political and economic interests working against peace, warns Maronite bishop
a lebanese prelate has decried political and economic forces that prevent peace from being achieved in the middle east, as the one-year anni...
Elise Allen
The Body of Christ: The Eucharistic Congress and the fraternity it provides
the theme for the 53rd international eucharistic congress in ecuador last month was “fraternity to heal the world”. the gathering promises s...
The Catholic Herald
Timothy Radcliffe OP named cardinal in latest round of Pope's red-hat handouts
rome – pope francis on sunday announced a consistory in december for the creation of 21 new cardinals from all over the world, representing ...
Elise Allen
Franken v Francis: protests planned in Rome after Pope rules out women deacons
rome – referring to the handling of questions about the role of women in the church at the current synod of bishops on synodality as “catast...
Elise Allen
Death at the hands of the state: MPs push for broader access ahead of assisted-dying Bill
london - scores of mps are pushing for broader access to assisted suicide ahead of the introduction of a bill to legalise the practice. they...
Simon Caldwell
Randazzo from the Synod: "niche issues" like women's ordination are a Western obsession
rome – participants in this month’s synod of bishops on synodality, who were chosen by the vatican to take part in a news conference friday,...
Elise Allen
Belgium summons papal nuncio to complain of Pope's 'unacceptable' remarks about abortion
rome – belgium’s prime minister has announced that he will summon the vatican’s ambassador to protest remarks on abortion by pope francis at...
The Catholic Herald
Synod opens with a ‘No’ to women deacons
the final session of the synod of bishops on synodality has opened with a “no” regarding the possibility of women deacons presently, though ...
Elise Allen
The Holy Father’s trip to Far East reflected both his mission and reluctance to slow down
when 87-year-old pope francis boarded ita airways flight az4001 – that, by the way, is always the designation for a pope’s outbound fli...
John Allen
Cardinal Dolan sues insurance company for Archdiocese of New York over sex abuse payouts
cardinal timothy dolan of new york has announced that his archdiocese is suing its long-time primary insurance company, chubb, for “attempti...
johnlavenburg
British cleric dies in suspected drug-fuelled fling with Belgian priest before papal visit
a clergyman who travelled from the uk to belgium for the recent papal visit reportedly died during an alleged drug-fuelled sexual liaison wi...
The Catholic Herald
Brutal murder of 19-year-old woman has exposed clash between ‘New France’ and Catholic conservative 'Old France'
france has in many ways become accustomed to the savagery that has swept the country in the last decade. but the murder of a 19-year-old fem...
Gavin Mortimer
Why there is indeed a 'trans' element to Da Vinci's Last Supper – and how this Summer's scenes curiously perfectly contrasted it
leonardo da vinci’s last supper sprang to prominence in the public mind during the summer, when a pastiche of the work was presented by a gr...
Gavin Ashenden
Pope's apology to abuse victims rejected by survivors' group as 'damage control'
brussels – after pope francis met a group of survivors of clerical sexual abuse in belgium friday, one advocacy organization has said such g...
Elise Allen
Archdiocese of Boston turns building developer in response to housing crisis
with the announcement of another affordable housing project, the archdiocese of boston now has under construction more than 150 mixed-unit a...
johnlavenburg
Kansas City Archdiocese sued by male teacher for gender-based discrimination
a former catholic school teacher has filed a lawsuit against the archdiocese of kansas city in kansas that includes a claim of gender-b...
The Catholic Herald
Optimism among Irish Catholic Church that vocations may be rising
hope is being expressed among irish church circles that vocations to the priesthood may be increasing after a long decline given an encourag...
DeclanMcSweeney
Has Kamala Harris snubbed New York's grandest Catholic society event?
the al smith dinner is such a feature of the social and political landscape in the us northeast that there was an episode about it in the tv...
johnlavenburg
Pope has 'mild' flu but papal trip to Belgium and Luxembourg still on
pope francis is still expected to travel to belgium and luxembourg later this week as planned despite cancelling his scheduled meetings and ...
Elise Allen
Ohio bishops defend Haitian migrants after Trump accuses latter of eating pets
the catholic bishops of the us state at the centre of controversy about haitian migrants, following online rumours and then comments made by...
johnlavenburg
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