Catholic Church

The Pope’s U-turn won’t end debate

last week, for the first time in his pontificate, pope francis retracted a comment. but in between the comment and the retraction, he a...

California churches forced to cover abortion in healthcare plans

The coverage includes late-term abortions and "those performed for reasons of 'sex selection'

Catholic News Service

Armenia has a genius for rising above suffering, says Francis ahead of visit

The papal message was broadcast on Armenian television

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Funeral held at Catholic Church for boy killed by alligator in Florida

A private funeral service has been held in Nebraska after fatal alligator attack at Disney World last week

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The African prodigy with an ‘awesome flow’

augustine by robin lane fox, allen lane, £25 in san gimignano on an april sunday in 1966, around the age of 20, robin lane fox was introduce...

Year of Mercy: We need Catholics with ‘attitude’

recently, i visited a remarkable day centre in the south of england that cares for the homeless. it’s called the vine centre and it occupies...

Bishop Philip Egan

What Churchill knew about prisons

something interesting is going on in the criminal justice system that i suspect we’re going to hear more and more about. as part of what cou...

What’s good about the Reformation?

almost five centuries ago, on october 31, 1517, a german monk called martin luther reputedly nailed his ninety-five theses on the power and ...

Ordinariate gains its first bishop

pope francis has named mgr steven lopes the first bishop of the ordinariate, which serves groups of former anglicans living in full communio...