Catholic Church

Numbers of African Catholics boom as Church in Europe continues to shrink

yaoundè, cameroon - a leading nigerian prelate has said that africans see catholicism in the west as a “church in decline” while in africa c...

Ngala Killian Chimtom

Synod on Synodality ends with no clear or concrete proposals after a month of silence

rome – a final synthesis produced by pope francis’s month-long synod of bishops on synodality offered no clear or concrete proposals on hot-...

Francis and Rupnik: 'people are going to want an explanation'

rome – back in 1980, william casey, then the campaign manager for candidate ronald reagan, coined the phrase “october surprise” to refer to ...

Just how valuable is sitting around tables?

is the synod on synodality any more than an empty talking shop, asks john l allen jr. if one were seeking a title with which pope francis’s ...

Differences at Synod on Synodality are a 'source of richness', says Cardinal Nzapalainga

rome – participants in pope francis’s synod of bishops on synodality have reiterated insistence that there are no hostile divisions in the p...

Poland: Bishop of Sosnowiec resigns amid 'homosexual orgy' scandal

pope francis has accepted bishop grzegorz kaszak’s resignation following a public scandal over reports that a “sex party” involving at least...

Papal priorities? Traditional vestments cause ‘scandal’ while Rupnik returns to ministry

pope francis has accused young priests who wear traditional priestly garments of “clericalism”. addressing hundreds of synodal participants ...

Rupnik: Pope Francis lifts statute of limitations to allow prosecution to go ahead

rome – in response to a complaint from his own anti-abuse panel about “serious problems” in the handling of a case involving a prominent slo...

Supporting good, traditional parish music: the inaugural St Birinus Festival

the chief conductor of the bbc scottish symphony orchestra invites herald readers to a feast of music in dorchester-upon-thames on a country...

Ryan Wigglesworth

Rupnik returns to priestly ministry in Slovenian diocese despite accusations of sexual abuse of over 20 nuns

marko ivan rupnik, a former jesuit who has been at the centre of controversy amidst accusations of spiritual and sexual abuse, has been gran...