Catholic Church

Seeing fearlessly like St Non: a Welsh pilgrimage to the shrine of St David's mother

st non’s lies 2 miles south of saint davids, on one of the most beautiful stretches of the pembrokeshire coast in west wales. it is a “thin ...

Camilla Harrison

Cardinal McElroy snubs Trump, but chats with Biden

moments after stating that he has no current plans to meet with president donald trump, emphasising what he stressed is the intrinsically pa...

The Barron Pilgrimage: Catholicism, culture and Californian cheer

the bishop of winona-rochester, robert barron, graced our shores last week, hopping first to the alliance for responsible citizenship’s conf...

Pope creates new commission to help cash-strapped Vatican

pope francis has established a commission aimed at boosting donations to the vatican as it faces a crippling deficit, including a looming cr...

Rosary blessed by Pope presented to world’s longest death row inmate

an 88-year-old japanese man who at one point was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been presented with a rosary blessed by po...

Nirmala Carvalho

Buddhist, Jewish and Muslim faith leaders offer prayers for Pope’s recovery

as pope francis remains hospitalised in critical condition fighting a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia in both lungs, prayers for...

Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle receives ‘good practice’ standard from safeguarding agency

the diocese of hexham and newcastle has received a “good practice” standard from the agency that oversees safeguarding in the catholic churc...

The Catholic Herald

Pope’s condition ‘critical but stationary’

pope francis remains in a critical but stable condition after spending eleven days in hospital. the holy father is fighting a complex respir...

Roberta Flack, legendary US songstress who performed for John Paul II, has died

roberta flack, the legendary us singer who once performed for pope john paul ii in new york, died of cardiac arrest on 24 february at the ag...

Catholics and Protestants see the Eucharist and the Bible differently

last week an academic in america arranged for bishop robert barron and myself to go on a blind date for coffee. we were both told i think th...