Catholic Church

Vatican abuse inquiry into Hexham and Newcastle will cause 'pain and shame', says Archbishop

catholics of the diocese in the spotlight of a vatican abuse inquiry were warned yesterday to brace themselves for a period of “pain and sha...

Notebook from Lourdes: the role of Catholic journalists today

three days were set aside for the 26 th  meeting of catholic journalists - the catholic media federation's international day of saint f...

People need to know the Church is not anti-science

(photo: robert a. millikan, fr georges lemaitre sj and albert einstein at california institute of technology, january 1933) in the november ...

Holiness is the antidote to evil in the Church

there may be few greater hindrances to believing in god and loving his church than the offence caused by clerical sexual abuse.   the l...

Terrorist murders sacristan and wounds priest in rampage through Spanish churches

an islamist terrorist rampaged through two catholic churches in southern spain, murdering a sacristan and wounding a priest with a machete. ...

Podcast 34: Steve Ray's Personal Pilgrimage

this week dr gavin ashenden talks to steve ray, the acclaimed american author of crossing the tiber and upon this rock , among other titles,...

The Catholic Herald

Pope Francis condemns ‘ideological’ and ‘elitist’ German Synodal Way

in an interview published yesterday, pope francis condemned the german synodal way as elitist, unhelpful and running the risk of bringing id...

Olenka Hamilton

Vatican issues final 'stop sign' on German Synodal Path

two of germany’s top canon lawyers have explained that the german synodal path must now end following a letter from pope francis to german b...

Olenka Hamilton

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