Catholic Church

The Catholic writer who rivalled Dostoyevky

in march 2013, in the first homily after his election, pope francis said: “when one does not profess jesus christ, i recall the phrase of lé...

'I am a failed Catholic, but still a Catholic': An interview with poet Adam Zagajewski

adam zagajewski is without doubt one of the greatest living poets, not only because he has received many of world’s top literary prizes but ...

Trump, Christians, and the danger of heresy

on january 3, donald trump held a rally at ministerio internacional el rey jesús in miami, the largest hispanic congregation in the united s...

Matthew Schmitz

Bishop Barron: The movie that Benedict XVI really deserves

the new and much-ballyhooed netflix film the two popes should, by rights, be called the one pope, for it presents a fairly nuanced, textured...

Bishop Robert Barron

We used to believe bishops told the truth. What happened?

one of the biggest stories of 2019 took place exactly a year ago. the diocese of pittsburgh confirmed that cardinal donald wuerl of washingt...

Fr Raymond de Souza

How Cardinal Tagle's new job could transform the Church

when cardinal luis antonio tagle takes the reins at the vatican congregation for the evangelisation of peoples this month, he will face a ho...

Christopher R. Altieri

Why I'm hooked on televangelism

when, as deputy prime minister, john prescott punched a protester during the general election campaign in 2001 it nearly ruined his career. ...

Will life get worse for India's Christians in 2020?

most christians in india will remember the year 2019 as challenging, to say the least. religious minorities in general and christians specif...

Andreas Thonhauser

A rapidly growing campus ministry hosts a massive youth conference

thousands of young catholics descended on phoenix, arizona, last week for a conference hosted by the fellowship of catholic university stude...

A relative of Prince Harry heads for canonisation

next week could see a cricket-mad aristocrat related to princes william and harry take a step closer to canonisation, when vatican officials...