Catholic Church

EXCLUSIVE: Bishop reported to police for abuse as Vatican probes lockdown sex parties

bishop robert byrne has been reported to the police following an allegation of abuse made against him by a catholic priest, the catholic her...

The Christian presence in the Holy Land is under threat

the christians of jerusalem – the city at the centre of the world on medieval maps – are now a tiny fraction of the population, just 10,000 ...

Melanie McDonagh

Merely Catholic Podcast: Farewell Cardinal Pell, ‘a great defender of the faith’

dr gavin ashenden is joined this week by edward pentin, the distinguished english catholic journalist and veteran rome correspondent, to dis...

The Catholic Herald

One more step: Church of England bishops to bless same-sex unions

the church of england has been in turmoil about sex for as long as most of us have lived. rather in the way climate alarmists anticipate the...

The West must mobilise to help Armenian Christians blockaded in Azerbaijan

pope francis has expressed concern about the potential for a humanitarian catastrophe in the caucasus. some 120,000 armenian christians, res...

Lebanon church leader calls for repatriation of 1.5 million Syrian refugees

the leader of the maronite church has appealed to the international community to begin the repatriation of 1.5 million syrian refugees from ...

Nicaraguan priest faces eight years in jail for social media post

a catholic priest in nicaragua is facing eight years in jail after he shared a social media post allegedly critical of daniel ortega’s hard-...

Christian unity, Catholic incoherence and Pell’s remedy

the week of prayer for christian unity can be, for many, one of the most depressing weeks of the year; so much aspiration deflated by so lit...

'Conversion therapy' ban will criminalise preaching, praying and parenting, Scottish bishops warn

scotland’s catholic bishops have objected to a proposed ban on so-called “conversion therapy” because they say it would effectively open the...

Priest describes ‘pandemonium’ after six people shot following funeral Mass at London Catholic church

a parish priest of a catholic church in london where six people —including two children — were injured in a drive-by shooting saturday descr...