Catholic Church

Turkey votes for Christmas

…or at least its president seems to, explains lucien de guise . there was a glimmer of hope in the miasma of the middle east after the hamas...

Lucien de Guise

US priesthood riven by ‘generational mistrust’ as conservative shift leaves younger priests ‘suspicious' of Church hierarchy

new york, crux – when asked to sum up the state of the american priesthood, catholic university of america sociologist brandon vaidyanathan ...

New iconography course at Ealing Abbey aims to 'galvanise' Catholic art scene in UK

the declaration by the fathers of the second council of nicaea in ad 787 on the value of producing sacred images and art works is about to g...

The virgin birth of Christ is not necessary, but it is appropriate

a virgin did conceive . i will not be the first person to tell you this, but the prophet isaiah did not unequivocally predict the birth...

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP

Euthanasia and assisted suicide contradict Christmas, Bishop Davies warns faithful

the bishop of shrewsbury in his christmas homily is to warn against renewed attempts to change the law to allow doc...

Bishop arrested in Nicaragua after praying in public for imprisoned prelate

police in nicaragua have arrested and allegedly beaten a catholic bishop after he prayed in public for a brother bishop sentenced to life in...

Christmas Message of the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem

the following christmas message was released 21 december 2023 by the patriarchs and heads of the churches in jerusalem, in which they highli...

The Catholic Herald

Fiducia Supplicans: an exercise in smoke and mirrors, where spin becomes substance and appearance reality

st john henry newman once considered the possibility of the crisis that would emerge if a church council or a pope introduced a doctrine tha...

Pope’s end-of-year address to Church hierarchy: beware ‘rigid ideological positions’ that ‘prevent us from moving forward’

rome – in his annual christmas address to members of the roman curia, pope francis urged the church’s governing bureaucracy to be open to ch...

UK's Confraternity of Catholic Clergy publishes letter reaffirming traditional Church teaching after Fiducia Supplicans

an organisation representing some 500 priests in britain has released a signed letter reaffirming the church's teaching regarding marriage a...