Catholic Church

A little corner of Ireland in Wales: Cardiff's lost Catholic enclave

driving away from cardiff prison on the romantically-named central link road towards cardiff bay, beloved of tourists and politicians, you’d...
GP Hurley

US President rejects Catholic teaching on IVF as bishops oppose state funding

new york – in a letter to senators, four american bishops’ conference chairmen argued that there is no scenario where in vitro fertilisation...
The Catholic Herald

Future conclaves need protecting from media interference and ‘megalomaniac occult powers’

amid ongoing concerns about the health of the 87-year-old pope , a prominent progressive supporter of francis has suggested making chan...
Crux Staff

Archbishop of Canterbury apologises for not meeting Bethlehem pastor over pro-Palestinian rally concerns

the archbishop of canterbury has issued a public apology for declining to meet a bethlehem-based pastor during a uk visit earlier this year ...
The Catholic Herald

Diocese of Westminster rescinds 25-year-old tradition of celebrating Easter Triduum in the old rite

the liturgical celebrations of the easter triduum – spanning maundy thursday to easter sunday – according to the ancient (traditional latin)...
Tom Colsy

Cardinal Burke announces nine-month novena to seek Our Lady’s ‘intercession'

cardinal raymond burke is embarking on a nine-month novena to the virgin mary to intercede "against the pressing crises of our age" – and he...
The Catholic Herald

Using ‘baby loss certificates’ to paper over cracks of a 'post-truth' world

last week, the british public were presented with two pieces of news that, in another age, might have jarred more noticeably than they have ...
Katherine Bennett

Shooting at Sunday Mass in Burkina Faso leaves 15 Catholics dead

yaoundé, cameroon – at least 15 catholics have been killed in a jihadist attack in burkina faso after insurgents opened fire inside a church...
Ngala Chimton / Crux

Violence against Christians in Mozambique risks being ignored due to Ukraine and Gaza

yaoundé, cameroon – a jihadist campaign mostly targeting christians in northern mozambique is being overlooked amid the global focus on the ...
Ngala Chimton / Crux

Divinity and practicality: Encountering God and all the affairs of human life in the psalms

while the psalms are the inspired word of god, they are also a forum for the human heart to cry out to god. as the  catechism of the ca...
Fr Jeffrey Kirby C