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Nicaraguan priest faces eight years in jail for social media post
a catholic priest in nicaragua is facing eight years in jail after he shared a social media post allegedly critical of daniel ortega’s hard-...
Simon Caldwell
Pope curses 'delinquent' priests who withhold absolution
priests should grant absolution in the confessional even when the penitent has no intention to repent, the pope has said in a speech which h...
Simon Caldwell
Miss Universe and the obliteration of womanhood
there is an episode of friends where single girl phoebe struggles with the fact that the guy she is dating won’t sleep with her....
Katherine Bennett
'Conversion therapy' ban will criminalise preaching, praying and parenting, Scottish bishops warn
scotland’s catholic bishops have objected to a proposed ban on so-called “conversion therapy” because they say it would effectively open the...
Simon Caldwell
Priest describes ‘pandemonium’ after six people shot following funeral Mass at London Catholic church
a parish priest of a catholic church in london where six people —including two children — were injured in a drive-by shooting saturday descr...
CNA Editor
Feasting does not have to be lavish to be festal
preparation is crucial to celebrating christmas well. but so often the kind of preparation most people mean only really adds pressure, and p...
Albert Robertson OP
Catholic-Jewish relations 60 years after Vatican II
jacob’s younger brother karma ben-johanan harvard university press, £30.95, 336 pages i remember once presenting a paper on the theological ...
Dr Bede Rowe OSB
Church in prayer for Benedict as new details emerge in Rome
vatican city : december 29, 2022 new details about pope emeritus benedict xvi’s condition have emerged following pope francis’s request yest...
Diana Montagna
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI under medical care as health takes sudden turn
vatican city, dec 28, 2022 the vatican confirmed wednesday that pope emeritus benedict xvi has experienced a sudden decline in his health, b...
Hannah Brockhaus
The Rupnik Scandal: the Jesuit must stand trial, says New York canonist
father marko rupnik at a private audience with pope francis at the apostolic palace on january 3, 2022 (vatican media) (rome) fr marko ...
Diana Montagna
Court frees gender ideology prisoner of conscience
the irish teacher enoch burke, who was incarcerated in ireland for three months, has been released from prison in advance of christmas despi...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
The Pontifical Academy for Life—A Sequel
photo: archbishop vincenzo paglia watches as pope francis addresses the general assembly of the pontifical academy for life on 5 october 201...
Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman
The rank hypocrisy of the Irish apostasy
by dubhaltach o reachtnin eamon martin, archbishop of armagh and primate of all-ireland, has spoken out strongly about the encroaching...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
Nicaragua: Bishop Álvarez to face trial for conspiracy
nicaraguan prosecutors have charged a catholic bishop with crimes against the state some four months after he was arrested in a raid on his ...
Simon Caldwell
Majority of Catholic US senators vote to redefine marriage
a majority of catholics in the us house of representatives voted last thursday to pass the “respect for marriage act” which will redefine ma...
Olenka Hamilton
Publisher withdraws abuser priest Fr Rupnik's books
a global publisher has withdrawn three books by jesuit artist fr. marko ivan rupnik after he was accused of serial sex abuse. pauline books ...
Olenka Hamilton
The unknown and unloved blonde
i distinctly remember when i first heard of marilyn monroe. i was 10 years old and watching a friend perform “diamonds are a girl’s best fri...
Flora Neville
King Charles meets Christian victims of persecution
king charles iii has met witnesses of christian persecution at an advent event in london. the king listened as fr alfred ebalu, a survivor o...
Staff Reporter
More channel migrants is not the Christian response
a few weeks ago, at the checkout of a department store close to the seafront in dover, i overheard a mildly alarming exchange between the pe...
Niall Gooch
Westminster's plans for more abortions in Northern Ireland
eamon martin, archbishop of armagh and primate of all-ireland, has rejected an announcement by secretary of state chris heaton-harris to fas...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin
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