Catholic Church

Police to allow priests access to crime scenes following outcry over Sir David Amess murder

revised national guidelines for the college of policing will allow for sacramental access at crime scenes where operationally possible follo...
Staff Reporter

Our Lady of The Windrush - a new icon goes on tour

as i passed through the huge central doors of westminster cathedral one sunny spring afternoon, i was struck by the lingering smell of incen...
Serenhedd James

German cardinal admits blessing gay couples and calls for Church teaching on homosexuality to change

a german cardinal has admitted to blessing couples in same-sex relationships and has called for a change in catholic teaching on homosexuali...
Simon Caldwell

After the FSSP’s dispensation from Traditiones Custodes, how firm is the ground on which the Ecclesia Dei institutes rest?

reeling from two blows to liturgical traditionalists in july and december 2021, the priestly fraternity of saint peter (fssp) attained a deg...
Tom Colsy

Christian MP who quoted from Bible cleared of hate crimes

a finnish court has cleared a christian mp of hate crimes after she was prosecuted for quoting verses from the bible. a court in helsinki di...
CNA Staff

Vatican: Teachers in Church schools have duty to uphold Catholic ethos

the vatican’s education congregation has published a document responding to conflicts over the interpretation of the concept of “catholic id...
Hannah Brockhaus

Learning how to be forgiven

perhaps the most dominant moral mistake of the modern age is the assertion that we are – or fundamentally ought to be – in control of our li...
Ken Craycraft

‘A radical expression of faith’

last year was the 500th anniversary of the battle of pamplona, the occasion when a cannonball shattered the leg of a basque gentleman soldie...
Melanie McDonagh

On Pilgrimage with Colm Tóibín

where would you go?  venice. you can buy a ticket which will get you into 14 churches and it includes a map. some of the 14 churches ar...
The Catholic Herald

The power of three

it is traditional to accept new catechumens (those being prepared to come into full communion with the roman catholic church) during the eas...
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