Catholic Church

Shock in Ireland as inquiry reveals scale of new child sexual abuse cases at Catholic religious schools

ireland’s catholic church and wider society are in shock following revelations on 3 september that an inquiry has uncovered significant numb...
DeclanMcSweeney

Another historic French church goes up in flames; suspect arrested

the church of the immaculate conception in the french town of saint-omer has been all but destroyed by a fire that began early in the mornin...
Tom Colsy

Blessed Carlo Acutis comes home for special Eucharistic Festival at Westminster Cathedral

westminster cathedral is hosting a eucharistic festival on saturday 14 september. the seat of the catholic faith in london, and the mother c...
The Catholic Herald

Despite AfD’s thumping victory it failed to make inroads in Thuringia's Catholic district

the whole of thuringia appears to be firmly in afd hands after its victory in the state election on 1 september. but all of thuringia? no. b...
Stefan Ahrens

Pope Francis has landed: longest tour of his papacy begins in Indonesia

jakarta – pope francis has arrived in jakarta at the start of the longest trip of his papacy and a tour that aims to showcase not only his a...
Elise Ann Allen

US bishops highlight lack of ‘dignity’ in modern economy this 'Labor Day'

the us holiday known as labor day – hence the american english spelling – was begun in 1882 in new york city to recognise the contributions ...
johnlavenburg

Summer of slaughter: Islamists murder 100 Burkina Faso Christians in last three months

islamist extremists have massacred about 100 christians and kidnapped many more in burkina faso in attacks since may. the last atrocity took...
Amy Balog

Immigration: The Pope versus the General

rome – amid a spiraling italian debate over immigration, two personalities increasingly are coming to symbolize the opposing positions. in o...
John L Allen

Big Brother has it in for everyone – but especially ‘extremist’ Catholics

traditional catholics founds themselves targeted by the fbi last year. in august 2023, the herald reported that “leaks revealed that the fbi...
Gavin Ashenden

‘The Pope and the President’: new exhibit charts friendship between John Paul II and Ronald Reagan

a new exhibition opening in the us seeks to highlight the close bond and collaborative spirit that existed between two of the biggest person...
johnlavenburg