Catholic Church

Minding our language

i have bad news for you: the anglo-saxons didn’t exist. i realise you may have studied them or taught classes about them, but the fact remai...
Roy Peachey

Mass appeal should be for everyone

one of the pope’s titles is that of pontifex, or bridge builder. it is an aspect of his office that pope francis might reflect on when it co...
The Catholic Herald

Scotland's Spiritual Isle

when the remains of several dozen butchered bodies were dug up in iona, not far from the village port – after being found by 20th-century sc...
William Cash

Pope to declare St Irenaeus of Lyon the 'Doctor of Unity'

pope francis has announced that he plans to declare st irenaeus of lyon a doctor of the church with the title “doctor unitatis,” meaning “do...
Courtney Mares

Pope's 'moment of shame' as vast scale of child abuse in French Church is revealed

a bombshell report which claimed french priests, and teachers and lay workers sexually abused a third of a million children since 1950 repre...
Simon Caldwell

Saints and Saleability

religious relics and devotional merchandise can be macabre, thought-provoking, whimsical and, in some cases, downright entertaining. in ital...
Anthony Cazalet

The Synod Needs You

a synod on synodality may seem like an oxymoron but that is what is beginning this month. pope francis wants to rethink how the church is ru...
The Catholic Herald

Bishop calls for DNA tests and physical checks as transsexuals infiltrate seminaries

transsexual women are presenting themselves as men to infiltrate catholic seminaries, a us bishop has said. bishops should now order physica...
Simon Caldwell

University reverses cancellation of chaplain who tweeted against abortion and assisted suicide

a university has performed a u-turn on its decision to “cancel” a catholic chaplain after he tweeted against abortion and assisted suicide. ...
Simon Caldwell

Pope Francis to Slovakian Jesuits: ‘Some people wanted me to die’ amid health problems

vatican city, sep 21, 2021 / 05:20 am in a private meeting with jesuits in slovakia on sept. 12, pope francis said that there were people wh...
Hannah Brockhaus