Catholic Church

Why Catholics should continue to follow the news despite anti-religious and progressive bias

i’ve encountered a tendency amongst many fellow believers—especially in more traditional quarters—to express skepticism about the need to re...

Karl Gustel Warnberg

Changing the conclave? Whatever happens next is likely also to have happened before

rome – despite two separate denials of mounting intensity, speculation continues to make the rounds that pope francis has tasked a veteran i...

Bishop Kukah: optimism in 'complicated' Nigeria despite fears of increasing Islamization

yaoundè, cameroon – a leading nigerian prelate has said that the very structure of the state in africa’s most populous nation is “dysfunctio...

Ngala Killian Chimtom

Decline of faith in Netherlands leaves priests 'burnt out' and demoralised

s-hertogenbosch, the netherlands – growing work pressure, parish mergers and church closings are causing stress for parish priests in the ne...

The Catholic Herald

Joy in Rome and Westminster as UK band joins up with Bethlehem singer for Christmas record

a song by a bethlehem resident made in connection with a london-based band has been praised by pope francis as christmas approaches. youstin...

Charles Collins

Pope demands loyalty from Syro-Malabar Church after resignation of controversial cardinal

mumbai – a leading dissident in india’s syro-malabar church has expressed satisfaction for the resignations of two senior officials, includi...

Nirmala Carvalho

Waiting to Be Arrested at Night, by Tahir Hamut Izgil

waiting to be arrested at night tahir hamut izgil jonathan cape, £18.99, 272 pages this poet’s account of life under intense surveillance in...

Hannah Glickstein

Ongoing conflict in Ukraine: the Church offers hope amid the desolation of war

“many children have met god here for the first time,” catechist ivanka fedorak told me during my recent trip to western ukraine. i was there...

King Charles continues to speak up for UK’s Coptic Orthodox Christians

king charles iii expressed his “greatest admiration for the coptic community” during a visit to the coptic orthodox church centre in hertfor...

The Catholic Herald

Church lockdown closures caused widespread mental and physical harm, says survey

the closure of catholic churches during the 2020 lockdown contributed to widespread mental and physical suffering, according to the results ...