Catholic Church

Self-professed archbishop known for ‘healings and exorcisms’ denounced by Rome

a self-professed catholic bishop and primate has been denounced by the diocese of rome as a fraud, following concerns raised by the diocese ...
Crux Staff

"Dominus meus et Deus meus": St Thomas the Apostle encourages us to cast aside our own doubts

there’s a story about the atheist philosopher bertrand russell being asked what he would say if he found himself standing before god on the ...
Fr Robert Verrill OP

Rejecting migrants is as bad as abortion, says Pope on flight to Rome

on board the papal plane – pope francis during his in-flight press conference returning from singapore to rome said american catholics torn ...
Elise Ann Allen

New Plymouth bishop named seven months after shock cancellation of first choice

the pope has announced a new bishop of plymouth after the original choice was mysteriously cancelled earlier this year. francis has named au...
Simon Caldwell

'Vampire' grave unearthed at bishop's palace in Poland

archaeologists have discovered a child “vampire” grave beneath a bishop’s palace in poland. a team working for the lublin voivodeship conser...
Simon Caldwell

New and united Archdiocese of Cardiff-Menevia approved by Pope Francis

archbishop mark o’toole has announced the creation of the new archdiocese of cardiff-menevia, a decision promulgated by pope francis on 12 s...
The Catholic Herald

Pope’s voyage between third and first worlds is a microcosm of his papacy and 11-year message

singapore – pope francis travelled from one of the world’s poorest nations to one of its richest on 11 september, leaving behind the dusty b...
Elise Allen

Pope Francis arrives in Singapore: will he address China is the big question

singapore – pope francis has landed in singapore at the start of the final stage of his 12-day odyssey to asia and oceania. he is expected t...
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis will celebrate inaugural Mass at reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris, claim well-placed sources

a senior vatican correspondent at a major french newspaper has claimed that pope francis will travel to paris for the reopening of the iconi...
Tom Colsy

Not a bad turnout: Pope’s Mass attended by 600,000 – nearly half of East Timor's population

dili – an estimated 600,000 catholics attended the mass celebrated by pope francis on his last day in east timor. it meant that nearly half ...
Elise Ann Allen