Catholic Church

Catechist prayed 700 Hail Marys in single night after kidnap by Islamic extremists

a catechist in burkina faso prayed 700 hail marys in a single night after he was captured by islamic extremists. mathieu sawadogo was k...
Amy Balog

King and Queen have surprise audience with Pope Francis

in an unexpected change of plan, after an official visit by king charles and queen camilla of england to the vatican was postponed due to po...
Elise Allen

Trump's nominee for Holy See grilled on China-Vatican relations

president donald trump’s nominee to serve as vatican ambassador for the us responded to a range of important catholic-related questions duri...
The Catholic Herald

First baby born in UK using transplanted womb

a baby girl has become the first child in the uk to be born to a mother using a donated womb. the baby's mother, grace davidson, 36, was bor...
The Catholic Herald

King and Conqueror is proof that the BBC doesn't get the Middle Ages

the bbc has dispensed with a significant portion of its budget to hire a star-studded cast for its upcoming eight-part historical epic on 10...
Tom Colsy

Veil of Veronica displayed at St. Peter's Basilica

the veil of st. veronica, best known to many catholics as an intangible element of the sixth station of the cross, known as "veronica wipes ...
Elise Allen

'The Face of Christ': Nic Fiddian Green's new exhibit opens in London

the journey goes way back. i was shown a way and a faith, and an understanding around the faith of christianity, in the way my father lived ...
Nic Fiddian Green

What the Church hierarchy fails to understand about young Catholics

the average catholic under 25 has no societal pressure to remain catholic. if anything, there is greater pressure from peers, professors, pa...
Catherine Sullivan

Catholics set to exceed Anglicans for first time since Reformation due to younger churchgoers

catholics are on course to outnumber anglicans in britain, with the growth spearheaded by younger churchgoers who outnumber their anglican b...
The Catholic Herald

World’s tallest cross to remain at Franco monument in Spain

the 492-foot cross at spain's valle de los caidos – valley of the fallen – will remain standing despite the spanish government’s planned “re...
The Catholic Herald