Catholic Church

'As art degenerates around us, so too does unity in the Church'

“there is a separate entrance for those who are uncomfortable squeezing through the nude performers,” says bbc entertainment reporter steven...
Katherine Bennett

Integralism: How Catholics can lose friends and alienate people

in 1911, rh benson, the catholic convert son of the archbishop of canterbury, wrote a book called the dawn of all, set in 1973. this offered...
Gertrude Clarke

Pope in Marseille condemns 'velvet gloved' indifference to migrants

since pope francis in july 2013 first visited the small italian island of lampedusa, a primary destination for migrants seeking entry in eur...
Elise Allen

Pakistan Christians reeling after violence

catholic bishops in pakistan call for justice after angry muslim mob carries out ʻworst attack on  christians in nationʼs historyʼ. chr...
John Pontifex

A Christian country?: The CofE shows us why not to cave to the spirit of the age

recently the times newspaper reported on the findings of its survey of 1,200 clerics of the church of england. among the dispiriting results...
The Catholic Herald

Over 1,000 people sign petition to 'scrap the cap' on faith-based admissions to new free schools

over 1,000 people have signed the catholic union’s open letter to the education secretary, gillian keegan, calling on her to lift the cap on...
The Catholic Herald

Papal envoy in leopard print vestment causes social media frenzy

rome – a veteran vatican diplomat recently became a brief cause célèbre in italy after images of him celebrating mass in a leopard print cha...
Crux Staff

Germany: Catholic clergy defy Church and affirm same-sex couples at Cologne Cathedral

several clerics from the archdiocese of cologne have joined representatives of protestant denominations in a ceremony to affirm same-sex cou...
Tom Colsy

Alleged Rupnik victims say Church's pledge of 'zero tolerance' for sex abuse is mere PR campaign

rome – an open letter signed by five alleged victims of father marko rupnik, a former jesuit and renowned slovenian artist, asserts that rec...
Crux Staff

Critics are wrong to accuse Pope Pius XII of inactivity during Holocaust

pope john xxiii, that short-serving but consequential pontiff – he was in office for less than five years, but was responsible for convening...
Niall Gooch