Catholic Church

Woman arrested and charged for silent prayer near abortion clinic

police in birmingham have charged a catholic woman with four counts of violating an abortion clinic “buffer zone” after she admitted that sh...
Simon Caldwell

Pope Francis orders return of Parthenon fragments to Greece

pope francis has ordered the return of three parthenon fragments which have been held in the papal collections of the vatican museums for ce...
Olenka Hamilton

Scottish bishops oppose 'unsafe' Gender Recognition Reform Bill

the catholic bishops of scotland have aligned themselves with women’s groups and jk rowling in urging msps to throw out a bill to permit sex...
Simon Caldwell

Vatican laicises U.S. pro-life activist priest for 'blasphemous' communications

the vatican has laicised an internationally renowned pro-life activist priest for “blasphemous communications on social media”. fr frank pav...
Simon Caldwell

The Pontifical Academy for Life—A Sequel

photo: archbishop vincenzo paglia watches as pope francis addresses the general assembly of the pontifical academy for life on 5 october 201...
Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman

The rank hypocrisy of the Irish apostasy

by  dubhaltach o reachtnin eamon martin, archbishop of armagh and primate of all-ireland, has spoken out strongly about the encroaching...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Merely Catholic Podcast: Re-imagining English Catholicism

serenhedd james joins gavin ashenden for this 30th episode of merely catholic to talk about why it has been historically difficult to be bot...
The Catholic Herald

Nicaragua: Bishop Álvarez to face trial for conspiracy

nicaraguan prosecutors have charged a catholic bishop with crimes against the state some four months after he was arrested in a raid on his ...
Simon Caldwell

On to the manger: the Eparch of London on Advent

in 2020, and even into 2021, so many travel plans were cancelled or had to be postponed due to the covid-19 pandemic. i vividly recall the h...
Kenneth Nowakowski

Publisher withdraws abuser priest Fr Rupnik's books

a global publisher has withdrawn three books by jesuit artist fr. marko ivan rupnik after he was accused of serial sex abuse. pauline books ...
Olenka Hamilton