Catholic Church

Letters: Catholicism offers a sane alternative to doomsday environmentalism

environmentalism without the angst sir – the recent demonstrations about climate change left me feeling uneasy at the apparent unbalanced an...
The Catholic Herald

Chirac's funeral showed the media are more judgmental than the Church

there was a time when the catholic church might decline to bestow a full christian burial on individuals whose public lives were judged to b...
Mary Kenny

'I can't stand the lies': The priests' letter rocking the Kremlin

"i was very depressed by the severe prison sentences, but even more so by the mere thought that the church could remain silent on this matte...
Konstantin von Eggert

To fend off the left, conservatives should look to Poland

poland’s ruling law and justice party is one of the most popular right-leaning parties in the west. it is also one of the most innovative. i...
Matthew Schmitz

Catholic schools break the cycle of poverty. Why are they being targeted?

it is a grand washington, dc tradition. every year, on the first sunday in october, catholic and non-catholic dignitaries alike gather at st...
The Catholic Herald

The tiny chalice that tells the story of Lithuania's heroic priests

the highlight of the consistory for new cardinals on october 5 will be the bestowal of the red hat on archbishop sigitas tamkevičius, emerit...
Fr Raymond de Souza

Amazon synod: Will the faith get lost in the rainforest?

for three weeks in october, 185 bishops, missionaries and scholars, mostly from south america and europe, will meet in rome at amazon synod....
Todd Hartch

A 'very dark day' prompts Australia's biggest ever pro-life rally

after a 72-hour debate, delays and the threat of a leadership spill, new south wales became the final state in australia to decriminalise ab...
Natasha Marsh

The JPII Institute changes have US thinkers up in arms

substantial changes to the faculty and curriculum of the john paul ii institute in rome have alarmed american catholic philosophers. the cha...
Jordan Bloom

Is Britain about to legalise the selling of babies?

culturally, it seems a lifetime ago when the catholic church in britain withdrew from its work in adoption and foster care after finding its...
Simon Caldwell