Catholic Church

Bishop Davies: Resist 'dark and sinister path' to doctor-assisted death

the bishop of shrewsbury will this weekend urge the catholics of his diocese to resist moves in parliament to legalise&n...
Simon Caldwell

Explicit anti-Catholic opera leaves 18 audience members requiring medical assistance

a radical-feminist opera performance has left 18 audience members needing medical treatment for shock and nausea at the stuttgart opera&nbsp...
The Catholic Herald

Church’s response to assisted suicide Bill gets punchier: Cardinal speaks out

the head of the catholic church in england and wales has issued a pastoral letter on assisted suicide to be read in the churches of the arch...
James Jeffrey

Abuse crisis has caused Mass attendance among English, Welsh Catholics to drop

the child sexual abuse crisis in the catholic church has contributed to a third of catholics in england and wales reducing their attendance ...
The Catholic Herald

Bishop Egan urges Catholics to mobilise against 'sinister' assisted suicide Bill

the bishop of portsmouth has urged catholics to actively oppose against the “sinister” forthcoming bill to legalise assisted suicide. the rt...
Simon Caldwell

Archbishop Cordileone slams mandate for abortion signage at pregnancy centres

archbishop salvatore cordileone has criticised a measure that will be on the san francisco ballot come national elections in november that c...
johnlavenburg

New cardinals signal Catholicism’s centre shifting to Global South

several of the new cardinal-designates announced by pope francis have applauded the range of countries represented by those getting a red ha...
Elise Allen

Review – Educating in Faith: A History of the English Catholic Public School, by Mark Cleary

educating in faith: a history of the english catholic public school mark cleary sacristy press, 256 pages, £19.99 the cover of mark cleary’s...
Serenhedd James

'Irish Madonna' returns to Ireland after Cromwell-enforced exile

galway cathedral has been gifted a unique painting from hungary that speaks to the persecution of catholicism in ireland by the english stat...
James Jeffrey

Historic Quebec church destroyed amid Canada’s anti-religious conflagration

a fire on 3 october has destroyed the 110-year-old church of notre-dame-des-sept-allégresses in the city of quebec in north-eastern canada. ...
The Catholic Herald