Catholic Church

Synod participants claim 'no polarisation', no plans to change doctrine on LGBT and women issues

rome – participants in pope francis’s ongoing synod of bishops on synodality said wednesday that church doctrine is not up for discussion on...

Remembering Willi Graf: 80 years to the day

alexandra lloyd remembers willi graf and the white rose struggle against hitler, 80 years after his execution stadelheim prison, munich octo...

Alexandra Lloyd

Cardinal says Latin Mass devotees haven’t been ‘banished’ from the church

rome – asked about conservative catholics who feel they are not represented in the ongoing synod of bishops on synodality, specifically lati...

Irish-Americans head back to ‘the old sod’

fr michael collins sees pilgrimages to ireland of the descendants of potato famine emigrants. the view from galway out to sea is always...

Father Michael Collins

How a 19th century dancer became an architectural patroness extraordinaire and giant in English Catholic history

from good time girl to benefactress. yolande lyne stephens was born in paris in 1812, the daughter of jean-louis duvernay, a teacher of danc...

US bishops call all parties to 'cessation of violence' as Biden backs Israel

new york – after an attack on israel by hamas and subsequent retaliation by israel has left more than more than 1,300 people dead and thousa...

Catholic teacher could be banned from profession for refusing to teach extreme gender ideology

a catholic teacher could be barred from her profession for refusing to teach extreme gender ideology to pupils. glawdys leger, 43, was dismi...

Crucifix of priest executed after Gunpowder Plot now on display in UK convent

leicester, united kingdom – a crucifix that once belonged to a priest executed after england’s notorious gunpowder plot is currently on disp...

Charles Collins

Eyeless in Gaza: are we overlooking the finer points of the Philistines?

reappraising a common insult. why is “philistine” a term of abuse? is it an ethnic slur? who is out there defending the rights of any remain...

Lucien de Guise

Belgian Catholic bishop advocates euthanasia for the elderly

a catholic bishop in belgium has declared his support for the euthanasia of elderly people. bishop johan bonny of antwerp made a distinction...