Catholic Church

Cardinal Tagle sets out his vision for the Church

filipino cleric, cardinal luis antonio tagle, who was named by pope francis as his special envoy for the general conference of the federatio...

Ireland's proposed 'hate speech' laws will lead to the criminalisation of religious beliefs and Church teaching

the new proposed law in ireland will criminalise catholics for their beliefs, writes dubhaltach o reachtnin last week in ireland proposed le...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Crackdown on Church in Nicaragua intensifies

nicaraguan dictator daniel ortega has stepped up his persecution of the catholic church by arresting a 64-year-old chronically-ill priest an...

All is not well at the Pontifical Academy for Life

the academy set up to promote catholic doctrine on human life and personal dignity has lost its way entirely, writes  hugh somerville k...

Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman

Death and dishonour in Docklands

luke sheridan enjoys a well-executed exhibition housed inside an old georgian sugar warehouse, the museum of london docklands serves as a sa...

Letter from the Caucasus: Why the fate of Catholics in Armenia and Georgia matters

by michael j.l. la civita last week i returned from the caucasus, armenia and georgia specifically, after a two-week needs assessment visit ...

Michael J. La Civita

In Defence of the Seal

confidence in the confessional is vital, says fr gary dench on 20   october 2022 the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse (iicsa...

Catholic schools outperform rivals, says US Government report

fresh data from the us government’s  national assessment of educational progress  has demonstrated the impact of covid-19 on schoo...

Children are not safe in a society 'possessed by genitalia'

the germans are finally in a position to take their revenge for the world-famous fawlty towers sketch where they are remorselessly mocked by...

Laypeople will need to step up if the Irish church declines any further

what are we to make of the condition of the irish clergy as seen in an analysis by the association of catholic priests in their annual meeti...

Gertrude Clarke