Catholic Church

The growing Marian enrichment of the Church's calendar

the addition of a new feast to the universal calendar – our lady of loreto on december 10 – is a reminder of the growing marian enrichment o...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Officials object to a 'mega parish' plan in Germany's oldest diocese

following an intervention by the vatican, germany’s oldest diocese has put on hold plans to reduce its number of parishes from almost 900 to...

Anian Christoph Wimmer

The stunning decline in Catholicism in the Pope's homeland

a recent study from argentina has shown a dramatic decline in the church in pope francis’s homeland. the conicet survey showed that 62.9 per...

A new bishop wants his predecessor to atone – in very practical ways

the big news from the us last week concerned the unprecedented amends bishop mark e brennan of wheeling-charleston has ordered his disgraced...

Christopher R. Altieri

Who wants the Catholic vote?

there are approximately a million practising catholics in england and wales, many of whom are among the older generation. as a demographic g...

Catherine Lafferty

Two Italian dioceses address the divorced and remarried – expect controversy

the italian diocese of vittorio veneto late last month became the latest to issue guidelines for the implementation of pope francis’s 2016 p...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: From Beijing to Bangui

grand rapids, michigan diocese backs priest over communion refusal the diocese of grand rapids has backed a priest who refused communion to ...

The week ahead: General election, the Immaculate Conception, St Faustina

britain goes to the polls on thursday, december 12, with most pollsters predicting a conservative victory while others forecast a hung parli...

Overlooked: Cardinal Becciu denies links with hospital deal

what happened? a former senior official at the vatican secretariat of state has strongly denied a series of claims about his involvement wit...

The big story: Argentine priests jailed for more than 40 years

what happened? two priests have been jailed for more than 40 years each for raping and sexually abusing deaf children at a school in argenti...