Catholic Church

Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/05/19

we must free ourselves from “worldly bonds” and listen with docility to the word of the lord, pope francis said at yesterday’s regina caeli ...
Luke Coppen

Pope Francis: 'Abortion is never the answer'

pope francis said saturday that abortion is never the answer to difficult prenatal diagnoses, calling selective abortion of the disabled the...
Courtney Grogan/CNA

Iraq's Christians are slowly coming home, but they face grave new threats

saly and rahma are like so many young american university students. in their second year at catholic university, these two young women are s...
Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

Once again, young Catholics recognize the errors of their elders

threats to the catholic church in america, as elsewhere, are often external ones. but as the clerical abuse scandals have amply demonstrated...
C C Pecknold

How China's technological controls keep Christians under constant surveillance

as the 30th anniversary of the tiananmen square protests approaches, the chinese communist party is utilizing authoritarian tactics old and ...
Courtney Grogan/CNA

Georgetown Visitation alumnae respond to 'heartbreaking betrayal'

former students of georgetown visitation preparatory school have published an open letter challenging a recent decision they say undermines ...
Ed Condon/CNA

Pope Francis: The Holy Spirit came as fire, not a schedule

pope francis thursday condemned an exaggerated focus on plans and agendas which do not leave room for the spontaneous work of the holy spiri...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Morning Catholic must-reads: 24/05/19

cardinal luis antonio tagle has been re-elected president of caritas internationalis . the rwandan church has rejected calls to expel clergy...
Luke Coppen

Abolishing the priesthood would tear the heart out of the Church

a year ago, there appeared in the national catholic reporter an account of a catholic men’s gathering at cape cod, which the periodical said...
Sohrab Ahmari

The small college attracting some of the Church's best brains

these are the first days of spring in new england, when you begin to understand why robert frost said “nature’s first green is gold”. three ...
Michael Warren Davis