Catholic Church

Assisted suicide Communion row: why the state cannot dictate the sacraments

relations between the catholic church and the british state have always been slightly delicate. unfortunately, last week they suffered a wor...
Prof Andrew Tettenborn

39-year-old charged after Crucifix set alight and 40 headstones smashed in Scotland

a 39-year-old man has been charged after a wooden crucifix was set alight and around forty headstones were vandalised overnight at st conval...
The Catholic Herald

Diocese of Paris marks twenty-year high at first Notre-Dame ordinations since fire

on 28 june 2025, the eve of the feast of st peter and st paul, in notre-dame cathedral, paris, archbishop laurent ulrich, the archbishop of ...
The Catholic Herald

US gives most to Peter’s Pence in 2024; Ireland gives most per head

the united states was the largest contributor to the vatican’s peter’s pence collection in 2024, while ireland gave the most per catholic am...
The Catholic Herald

MP denied Communion after backing assisted suicide bill

a priest has refused holy communion to liberal democrat mp chris coghlan over his vote in favour of the uk’s assisted suicide bill on 20 jun...
The Catholic Herald

The keys and the sword

“they came to the iron gate leading into the city. it opened for them of its own accord,” (acts 12:10). the angel freed peter from herod’s p...
Fr David Howell

Supreme Court sides with parents over LGBT curriculum

a supreme court decision allowing parents to opt out of storybooks that promote one-sided ideology on gender and sexuality has been praised ...
Crux Staff

Binding the wounds of war

this year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war. victory in europe and japan occurred within months of the 80th anni...
Ken Craycraft

Don't be fooled by dubious models of success, Pope warns newly-ordained priests

pope leo xiv has warned 32 new priests to not be taken in by today’s models of success and prestige in the world “that are dubious and short...
Charles Collins

Pope Leo: violence raging in Christian East with 'a diabolical intensity' that shames mankind

pope leo xiv has warned that violence against christians in the east is raging “with a diabolical intensity” of the likes not seen before. h...
Charles Collins