Catholic Church

sohrab ahmari columnist, editor and nonfiction author born in tehran and based in new york, sohrab ahmari, 37, is co-founder of the online p...

The Catholic Herald

on october 25, pope francis led leaders of world religions in an appeal to avert the threat of nuclear war in ukraine. at the closing ceremo...

Ignatius Dean

the suggestion by iicsa that the seal of confession is violable misunderstands its essence, writes fr richard whinder the independent inquir...

The Catholic Herald

on october 22 the vatican confirmed it had renewed a deal with the chinese communist party (ccp) relating to the appointment of bishops in t...

Ignatius Dean

german prelate cardinal walter kasper, the former president of the pontifical council for promoting christian unity, has called germany’s sy...

Ignatius Dean

on his feast day, we must invoke the aid of john paul ii for our church a nd our country, writes joanna bogle he was brought up by a single ...

Joanna Bogle

hugh somerville knapman osb takes the long view of vatican ii as surely we all know by now, 11 october was the 60th anniversary of the openi...

Fr Hugh Somerville-Knapman

the irish department of education has just closed a consultation period for the revamping of its relationship and sexuality education (rse) ...

Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

german prelate cardinal gerhard cardinal müller has emerged as a leading figure in the orthodox camp of the catholic church over the past fe...

Ignatius Dean

as a young catholic in the 1970s i was repeatedly told that the second vatican council was at best a tragic mistake fuelled by a naïve enthu...

Joanna Bogle