Catholic Church

Abuse survivor receives payout after she was 're-traumatised' by slurs in complaints process

a woman abused by a priest as a teenager has become the first person to receive a pay-out over treatment she received from the church follow...

Indian Catholic archbishop criticises Christian missionary survey plan

bengaluru, india, oct 25, 2021 / 04:30 am a proposed survey of christian missionaries and their places of worship could lead to church worke...

US bishops warn against ‘extreme’ abortion provisions in budget bills

washington d.c., oct 25, 2021 / 15:02 pm spending bills introduced last week in the u.s. senate would force employers and insurers to cover ...

Christine Rousselle

UK lawmakers formally propose ‘Amess amendment’ on last rites to bill

london, england, oct 26, 2021 / 04:30 am u.k. lawmakers have formally proposed an “amess amendment” to a bill going through parliament seeki...

Benedict XVI is ‘full of zest for life,’ says Archbishop Gänswein

vatican city, oct 21, 2021 / 04:40 am archbishop georg gänswein has said that benedict xvi is “full of zest for life” after the pope emeritu...

Labour MP proposes adding ‘Amess amendment’ on last rites to bill

london, england, oct 21, 2021 / 14:00 pm a labour mp has proposed adding an “amess amendment” to a bill going through parliament ensuring th...

British doctors say they will not participate in assisted suicide if it becomes legal

london, england, oct 21, 2021 / 17:00 pm a group of some 1,700 doctors say they will not participate in assisted suicide, amid a push by som...

On pilgrimage: Rachel Johnson takes the Two Moors Way

where would you go? the two moors way as i’ve always wanted to walk from exmoor to dartmoor, and would stop at the poltimore arms, high on e...

The Catholic Herald

A hymn to English church music

evensong: people, discoveries and reflections on the church in england by richard morris weidenfeld & nicolson, £25, 336 pages if you st...

Nine hundred years of the Norbertines

the order of canons regular of prémontré – known variously as the norbertines, the premonstratensians and the white canons – was founded in ...