Announcements

The Holy Land: Statement of the Patriarchs

the holy land, a place sacred to countless millions around the world, is currently mired in violence and suffering due to the prolonged poli...

The Catholic Herald

There is nothing new about the pope's concern for the environment

with a follow-up to 'laudato si', the pope's environmental encyclical, due to be published 4 october, suzanne topham wonders what else the c...

Pakistan Christians reeling after violence

catholic bishops in pakistan call for justice after angry muslim mob carries out ʻworst attack on  christians in nationʼs historyʼ. chr...

Seriously ill teenager dies fighting mental competence ruling in UK court

a 19-year-old woman with a rare disease has died during a legal fight to circumvent a ruling that she was not competent to make decisions ab...

The Catholic Herald

Church rushes to Morocco's aid after devastating earthquake

yaoundè, cameroon – as morocco continues to struggle to cope with its worst earthquake to strike a major urban centre in a century, which so...

Ngala Killian Chimtom

Outrage in Brazil after archbishop gives communion to Muslim sheikh

são paulo – during a funeral mass of a major figure in the brazilian church on august 28, a muslim sheikh ended up receiving communion, spar...

Eduardo Campos Lima

Kidnapped Nigerian priest and seminarian released by captors

a priest and a seminarian kidnapped in nigeria’s middle belt have been released after three weeks in captivity. fr paul sanogo and brother m...

The Catholic Herald

Finnish politician on trial for 'hate speech' for defending traditional marriage

finnish politician päivi räsänen is on trial this week for “hate speech” and “ethnic agitation” after publicly sharing in 2019 her biblical,...

Olenka Hamilton

Why capital punishment is not the answer to evil

inflicting harm for harm's sake is anathema to human nature.  we recoil from people who relish causing deliberate but needless pai...

Nicholas Reed Langen

Rebel Italian cleric formally dismissed from priesthood

rome – a high-profile italian priest who championed euthanasia and same-sex marriage has been dismissed from the priesthood at his own reque...