Catholic Church

Unemployed Gänswein returns to spotlight and jokes he is looking for work

german archbishop georg gänswein, the former private secretary to the late pope benedict xvi, has made his first public appearance since bei...

Ark of the Covenant: keeping Our Lady's Assumption with Benedict XVI

we celebrate today one of the oldest and best loved of the feasts dedicated to mary most holy: the feast of her assumption into the glory of...

The Catholic Herald

Poor formation in faith has left Church too weak to fight, says San Francisco archbishop

inadequate religious education and formation of u.s. catholics in their faith has weakened the church when it is being “explicitly attacked”...

Indian Church appeals for end of 'ethnic cleansing' of Christian tribes

an archbishop in north-east india, who has seen his diocese at the centre of a wave of deadly attacks, has issued an urgent appeal for praye...

The Catholic Herald

'Promoting synodality': US and Japanese bishops call for end to nuclear weapons

the ruins of nagasaki cathedral after the destruction of the city by a nuclear bomb on 9 august 1945. getty images 78 years after the atomic...

Sicilian bishop dedicates parish to 'martyrs' of the Mafia

rome – in the heart of italy’s mob country, a new catholic parish is being dedicated to the premier patron saints of the anti-mafia effort, ...

Bishops fight to scrap cap on faith-based admissions to Catholic schools

senior bishops have added their weight to a campaign to scrap a notorious cap on faith-based admissions to new catholic schools. in 2010 the...

We need to do more to educate young Catholics in the Faith

i have just returned from lourdes where we (representatives of the brentwood diocese) joined the annual diocesan pilgrimage along with sever...

Chaldean Patriarch says withdrawal of recognition of his role is climax of campaign to seize Church's assets

the leader of iraq’s largest christian community has condemned a presidential order overturning a decree which recognises him as patriarch, ...

Olenka Hamilton

Synodality: a new perestroika?

it is notoriously risky to compare two large historical movements, especially recent or contemporary ones, and to claim to detect similariti...