Catholic Church

Lives are being 'shattered' in South Sudan, warns Catholic aid agency

Clashes between government and opposition forces in the country's capital have enter their fifth day
Associated Press

US bishops' president says violence calls for 'moment of national reflection'

Archbishop Kurtz said the Dallas sniper attack was 'an act of unjustifiable evil' and that members of the public need 'protection and fairness'
Catholic News Service

Cardinal Nichols discourages priests from celebrating Mass ad orientem

The Archbishop of Westminster has told clergy Mass is 'not the time for priests to exercise personal preference or taste'
Madeleine Teahan

St Benedict brought light to Europe’s darkness. He can do the same in our time

The continent could learn some lessons from its patron - not least generosity and hospitality
Fr Matthew Pittam

Cardinal Pell's role at Vatican reduced after Pope approves decree

A reorganisation of the oversight of the Vatican's financial affairs was announced on Saturday
Staff Reporter

Morning Catholic must-reads: 11/07/16

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen

Bishop Egan promises pastoral reform, but no change in discipline, in wake of Amoris Laetitia

The bishop says he would like both clergy and lay people to 'review and develop our pastoral practice'
Staff Reporter

Evelyn Waugh's forgotten battle to preserve the Latin Mass

The great novelist, who died 50 years ago, almost became the first president of the Latin Mass Society
Clare Bowskill

St Mary's appoints Churchill expert as new pro vice-chancellor

John Charmley said the university aimed to educate 'the whole person, body and spirit as well as intellect'
Dan Hitchens

Mayor of Philadelphia accused of 'personal war' against the Catholic Church

Catholic League president Bill Donohue says the mayor is 'misusing his public office'
Staff Reporter