Catholic Church

Pope Francis: King, Prime Minister and Archbishop of York lead UK state tributes

his majesty the king has led the uk’s tributes to pope francis, who died this morning at the age of 88. king charles, who with queen camilla...
The Catholic Herald

'A faithful friend': the Ecumenical Patriarch leads Orthodox tributes to Pope Francis

"in the atmosphere of great easter joy, this morning, monday of holy week, came the sad news of the death of pope francis, a precious brothe...
The Catholic Herald

Ailing Pope gives traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing after surprise meeting with JD Vance

rome. pope francis has appeared on the balcony of st peter’s basilica to deliver the traditional urbi et orbi  easter blessing, to the ...
Elise Allen

East and West together: keeping Easter with the Council of Nicaea

the first council of nicaea, among other things, established a common formula for the date of easter. next month marks its 1,700th anni...
Paul Nizinskyj

Vatican seeks US help in billion-dollar Catholic financial scandal

rome – while most attention to vice president jd vance’s visit to the vatican this weekend has focused on policy differences on matters such...
Elise Allen

Nigeria soaked in 'ocean of blood', says bishop after murders of 200 Christians in one week

a nigerian bishop has lamented a week of terrorist violence in which 200 christians have been murdered. bishop matthew hassan kukah of sokot...
The Catholic Herald

US Vice President JD Vance attends Good Friday liturgy at the Vatican

rome – united states vice president jd vance attended a passion liturgy at the vatican on friday and plans to meet senior vatican officials ...
Elise Allen

Christ is crucified by every sinner - not just those who are Jewish

“and pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing, but that rather a tumult was made; taking water washed his hands before the people, saying: i ...
Gavin Ashenden

Simon of Cyrene shows us how to carry the cross we didn’t choose

on good friday the church puts the figure of simon of cyrene before our mind’s eye. the fifth station of the cross invites us to contemplate...
Gerald Boersma

Bishop praises Supreme Court for 'standing firm' against gender ideologues

the bishop of portsmouth has praised the supreme court for declaring that women are defined solely by biological sex. the remarks of the rt ...
Simon Caldwell