Catholic Church

Force of habit: Why men's religious orders have bounced back

forty years ago, many thought there was no future for men’s religious orders in britain. i remember someone confidently announcing, back in ...

Diary: The Vatican is surprisingly good at cricket

i have spent the past several days in rome at the head of a rather wonderful cricket team, the stonyhurst gentlemen’s xi. the team is compri...

Stephen Withnell

Why on earth did Eritrea shut down Catholic health clinics?

the eritrean government has seized and shut down all the country’s catholic-run health centres in apparent retaliation for eritrea’s bishops...

Same-sex marriage and Catholic schools: the battle is just beginning

imagine being ritually flayed alive, scalded with boiling water, and having your blood drunk by a band of iroquois for the sake of the catho...

'I ask our teachers to be very vigilant': Bishop Davies on sex education

damian hinds, the education secretary, last week finally offered some clarity about the government’s relationships and sex education guidanc...

Cardinal Burke's week of controversy

cardinal raymond burke broke his silence last week regarding the unfortunate appearance of his name on a list of senior prelates who receive...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Peoria to Paris

indianapolis schools divided after archbishop marriage order an archdiocese has been riven by disputes over church teaching, after two schoo...

Meanwhile: No more collection plate excuses

the catholic community has created its own catholic match, bible apps and even confession preparation apps. now, it has a catholic venmo, re...

The best of the web: Ambiguity, Mr Catholic Boston and restoration

‘eloquent ambiguity’ in the catechism at crisis, fr george rutler remarked on the us bishops’ recent plenary meeting. the bishops discussed ...

The week ahead: Charleston Bicentenary, Messiah and pro-life rally

the us diocese of charleston is entering its bicentennial year with a service of vespers. the diocese was canonically erected by pope pius v...