Catholic Church

US news outlet wrongly claims Rupert Murdoch is Catholic

a popular american news website has claimed that rupert murdoch is catholic following the announcement that he is engaged for a fifth time.&...
Tom Colsy

Cardinal Müller is right: bishops who voted for same-sex blessings must go

when bishop georg bätzing was interviewed about the vote by german bishops to bless same sex unions , the interviewer challenged him ab...
Gavin Ashenden

Cardinal Müller and Cardinal Burke rebuke German bishops over same-sex marriage vote

cardinal gerhard ludwig müller and cardinal raymond burke have rebuked bishops who voted in favour of church blessings for sa...
Tom Colsy

Pilgrim's diary: the Catholic Herald heads to Fátima

as the harry potter-esque black-caped students that the portuguese city of coimbra is famous for were heading to classes early in the mornin...
James Jeffrey

Biden's transgender agenda is extreme and inhumane

president biden has been let out again, this time to inform us that laws preventing the mutilation of the bodies of gender-confused children...
Laura Perrins

Ten years on: Pope Francis needs our prayers

ten years ago, jorge mario bergoglio stood on the balcony of st peter’s in rome, and said simply to the waiting crowd, “buono sera”, and ask...
The Catholic Herald

Romanian romance: Returning life to empty churches and villages

life continues to return to the empty churches and villages of transylvania, writes jonathan gaisman. if you want an authentic literary expe...
Jonathan Gaisman

Catholic chaplain sues NHS for harassment after comments on marriage

a catholic chaplain is suing the nhs because he says he was sacked after he answered questions from a patient about church teaching on marri...
Simon Caldwell

German Synodal Way backs same-sex blessings and transgender priests

blessings for same-sex couples were yesterday given the green light by the german synodal way. delegates voted by 176-14, with 12 abstention...
Simon Caldwell

Reflections on Bishop Barron's UK visit

robert burns once wrote of the gift of seeing “oursels as ithers see us”. perspective is indeed a wonderful thing and it was something that ...
James Somerville-Meikle