Catholic Church

Study parses what US Catholics think about Pope's views on climate change

a new study from the center for applied research in the apostolate (cara) looks at the differing views of us catholics on the environmental ...
Crux Staff

The fiery death of self-immolation: a martyr's moral clarity or misguided calumny?

as we enter holy week and commemorate the exemplary martyrdom, it seems that martyrdom in general – or a misplaced understanding of it ...
Anthony McCarthy

Cancelled new bishop for Plymouth resumes parish ministry

canon christopher whitehead is resuming his parish ministry following the sudden cancellation of his ordination as the new plymouth bishop&n...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Bo laments 'wounded world' and a Holy Week scarred by ‘devastating toll of conflict’

cardinal charles bo has said that this year christians mark holy week reflecting on the “devastating toll of conflict even in the birthplace...
Nirmala Carvalho

Let the debate on assisted suicide and euthanasia focus on the facts, not the propaganda

keir starmer, the leader of the labour party and the man on course to be the next prime minister, has committed himself to bringing forward ...
Simon Caldwell

Southwark archbishop: Catholics must fight 'aggressive' euthanasia campaign

the archbishop of southwark has urged catholics to write to their mps to ask them to resist any changes to the laws prohibiting assisted sui...
Simon Caldwell

What St Paul really meant: Into the Heart of Romans, by NT Wright

into the heart of romans nt wright spck publishing, £19.99, 224 pages british scholar and anglican clergyman nt wright (who as bishop of dur...
Peter Laffin

Everything in London has changed, except the familiar scents of the Oratory

it has taken two-and-a-half years, but i have finally crossed the rubicon and feel a stranger in the city that was home for more than two de...
Flora Watkins

Normal Women: 900 years of women making history, by Philippa Gregory

normal women: 900 years of women making history philippa gregory william collins, £25, 688 pages shortly after i finished reading normal wom...
Suzanne Topham

Vatican finally reins in German bishops over 'schismatic' synodal agenda

rome – the vatican has reined in the german bishops amid proposals to break from church unity on innovations such as women priests, married ...
The Catholic Herald