Catholic Church

Moscow thanks Pope for 'balanced approach' to war in Ukraine

rome – russian spokespersons have praised what they called pope francis’s “balanced approach” to the war in ukraine, in the wake of protests...
Crux Staff

Obituary: Quentin de la Bédoyère, former Catholic Herald columnist

quentin de la bédoyère, 1934-2023 quentin de la bédoyère died on 1 august, at the age of 88. a former catholic herald columnist, he used to ...
The Catholic Herald

Ruth Kelly backs campaign to scrap the cap on faith admissions to Catholic schools

ruth kelly, the former education secretary, has added her voice to calls for a notorious cap on faith-based admissions to new catholic schoo...
Simon Caldwell

Catholic Multi-Academy Trusts run by CEOs are putting our schools in peril

just before covid, the little old lady who lived next door to us sold her 3-bedroom house to a bulgarian couple who had plans to turn it int...
Katherine Bennett

New AI app 'could be game changer for the Church'

rome – with rapid advances in artificial intelligence causing both fear and enthusiasm as it pushes the envelope of potential new frontiers ...
Elise Allen

Bishops back Ghana's efforts to resist Western imposition of sexual rights agenda

faith leaders support african nation's right to preserve cultural and religious values in face of threats to international funding, reports ...
The Catholic Herald

Mediterranean mission

the holy father is nothing if not peripatetic. three weeks after the papal visit to mongolia, he faces a very different challenge with a vis...
The Catholic Herald

Leading U.S. Catholics clash over 'schismatic' synod agenda

new york – a controversial american jesuit priest has made a robust defence of the forthcoming vatican synod in the face of claims by critic...
John Lavenburg

Synodality: a revolution 'to change radically the Church’s self-understanding'

diane montagna’s recent article presenting the ground-breaking book "the synodal process is a pandora’s box", complete with a foreword by ca...
Gavin Ashenden

Cardinal Burke drops bombshell on Synod of 'ideology' and 'schism'

rome - cardinal gerhard müller has called it a “hostile takeover” of the catholic church. the late cardinal george pell termed it a “toxic n...
Diana Montagna