Catholic Church

Four lessons all Catholics can learn from the martyrdom of Fr Hamel

Martyrdom is an act of witness; it is a way that God has of trying to tell His Church something important, and we must listen
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Police drag Catholic priest out of Paris church in anti-demolition protests

Thirty people barricaded themselves inside the church of St Rita
Staff Reporter

The Church must give women a bigger role, but ordaining them as deacons isn’t the answer

Catholic women used to wield colossal power. The Pope's commission alone can't bring back those days
Matthew Schmitz

World Youth Day in Panama will be a 'Latina fiesta', says bishop

Cardinal Jose Lacunza Maestrojuan said the country would give World Youth Day 2019 a distinctive flavour
Catholic News Service

Pope Francis: It's 'terrible' children taught they can choose gender

The Pope told Polish bishops that there are powerful institutions which fund the spread of gender theory in schools
Staff Reporter

Olympic swimming champion will pray the Hail Mary before Rio races

Katie Ledecky has said that she still offers a 'prayer or two' before she competes
Catholic News Service

Dublin archbishop to stop sending seminarians to Maynooth

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin made the decision after allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour
Catholic News Service

It's important pilgrims take the experience of WYD beyond Kraków and into our daily lives

We must believe 'in a new humanity' and stand against extremism on one side and relativism on the other
Daisy Powles

Amoris Laetitia letter leaked online

The letter, signed by 45 theologians and priests, identifies what it describes as errors which a reader could mistakenly draw from the recent apostolic exhortation
Staff Reporter

Health alert for Italian WYD pilgrims after young woman dies of meningitis

The Italian bishops' conference advised all pilgrims who visited or attended events at its Casa Italia centre to see a doctor
Catholic News Service