Catholic Church

The Anglican hierarchy should embrace the Saints, not sociologists

every ten years, anglican bishops from around the world convene for the lambeth conference. having been twice postponed already, the confere...
Gavin Ashenden

After China, India and Nigeria, Vatican cannot stay quiet on Nicaragua

earlier this week, the government of nicaragua ordered the closure of seven catholic radio stations linked to a bishop who has been critical...
The Catholic Herald

Pope appoints medical assistant: yet another resignation signal?

on thursday, in what could be a further sign of a looming papal resignation, the vatican announced that pope francis had appointed a nurse f...
The Catholic Herald

Not all popes deserve to be canonised

yet another pope is on the fast track to sainthood. next month, pope francis will beatify the predecessor who has probably influenced him mo...
The Catholic Herald

Pope Francis should speak up for Taiwan

on tuesday, us house speaker nancy pelosi arrived in taiwan, the island democracy which china views as a renegade province. although the us ...
The Catholic Herald

Pope could meet head of Russian Church in major diplomatic moment

pope francis is set to make his 38th apostolic journey to kazakhstan in september for the vii congress of leaders of world and traditional r...
The Catholic Herald

Immigration cannot save Catholic Church in the West

the catholic church in the anglosphere and western europe is in no small part today being propped up by immigration, but this is not a long-...
The Catholic Herald

Merely Catholic Podcast – Sacred or Sinister: the Pope’s Opus Dei initiative

opus dei found unwelcome fame and undeserved notoriety at the hand of thr infamous but hugely successful novelist dan brown. it has returned...
The Catholic Herald

The Synodal Path can't defeat demographics

the vatican came out swinging last week against the german synodal path . the holy see issued a statement, warning that the movement - desig...
The Catholic Herald

How the Catholic Church can reverse its collapse in Latin America

latin america has long been associated with catholicism. for the first time in history, the head of the church is a latin american. to this ...
The Catholic Herald