Catholic Church

Orthodox bishop stabbed at Sydney church in second knife attack in three days

an orthodox assyrian bishop was stabbed while giving a sermon that was being broadcast live in the second knife assault to have ha...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Sarah denounces 'atheistic' Western bishops who prefer the world to the cross

yaoundé, cameroon – guinean cardinal robert sarah has accused western bishops of worldliness and of succumbing to the temptation of “practic...
The Catholic Herald

New York cardinal shelters from Iranian drone attack during trip to Holy Land

new york – cardinal timothy dolan of new york said he and those he traveled with to the holy land “feel safe and secure” in bethlehem, after...
johnlavenburg

Could Archbishop Gänswein be made papal nuncio to Baltic states?

rome – rumors set in motion this week by a journalist close to pope francis, elisabetta piqué of argentina’s la nacion , suggest the pontiff...
John Allen

Escaping the darkness by accepting 'the beauty of the light'

"their joy was so great that they still could not believe it" (luke 24:41) in sunday’s gospel, the risen jesus’s disciples do not believe in...
Fr David Howell

ON PILGRIMAGE WITH...Fr David Howell, a priest of the Archdiocese of Southwark who is also studying canon law in Rome

where would you go? to see the image of our lady of guadalupe in mexico city, after travelling to latin america via transatlantic ship. it w...
The Catholic Herald

Italian regulator pulls 'blasphemous' crisps advert from the airwaves

italian regulators have pulled a “blasphemous” television advert in which nuns are offered crisps instead of consecrated hosts during a mass...
Simon Caldwell

Bishop elect of Dunkeld in Scotland dies shortly before ordination service; last week he went to Lourdes to pray for his new diocese

the bishop-elect of dunkeld in scotland has died two weeks before his ordination service that was due to occur on 27 april. only last w...
The Catholic Herald

US cardinal says ‘Dignitas Infinita’ clarifies that LGBTQ Catholics are loved but the Church’s moral teachings still apply

rome – cardinal wilton gregory of washington, dc, has praised the new vatican document on human dignity as a “welcome summation” of church t...
Elise Allen

British archbishop visiting Vietnam to help Vatican rebuild diplomatic ties

liverpool-born archbishop paul richard gallagher, the vatican's secretary for relations with states and international organisations, is curr...
Simon Caldwell