Catholic Church

Is France about to follow Belgium on euthanasia?

it’s escaped most of the world’s attention, but france has been fixated in recent months on the case of vincent lambert a 42-year-old brain-...

Rebellion or submission: Why are millennials flocking to convents?

the supercomputer that generates trend pieces about millennials has gone haywire. having been fed a steady diet of breezy reportage about th...

Is Viganò overstating his case?

last summer’s celebrity ecclesiastical whistleblower, archbishop carlo maria viganò, is back in the news. on july 3, lifesite published...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Londrina to London

louisville, kentucky archbishop diagnosed with cancer archbishop joseph kurtz of louisville, the former president of the us bishops’ confere...

The week in quotations

"if the world continues to do nothing, the result will be the elimination of the christian presence" bishop laurent birfuoré dabiré of ...

Meanwhile: Why Ann Widdecombe wasn't posted to Rome

in 2010, the former tory minister (and now catholic herald columnist) ann widdecombe was offered a new job: david cameron asked he...

The best of the web: America's African priests, a new religion, and leaving Orthodoxy

how african vocations are helping america at quartz africa , lekan oguntoyinbo reported on “a growing trend in the catholic church in americ...

Overlooked: Indian priests defy cardinal

what happened? the divisions among india’s syro-malabar priests have been laid bare, after cardinal george alencherry, the leader of the syr...

The big story: Vincent Lambert dies after withdrawal of food and water

what happened? vincent lambert, the severely disabled frenchman who was at the centre of a legal battle, has died after his doctors cut off ...

Burma, not Belgium, is the future of the Church

which country produces the most priests relative to the size of its catholic population? is it brazil, the powerhouse of latin american cath...

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