Catholic Church

the archdiocese of detroit has announced that it will no longer hold required sporting events on sundays, in an effort to refocus the day on...

Catholic News Agency

south sudan’s president salva kiir mayardit has said he “was shocked and trembled” when the pope kissed his feet. a former official at the c...

Luke Coppen

last november, following the pennsylvania grand jury allegations of episcopal cover-up in clerical abuse cases, the us bishops met in baltim...

C C Pecknold

pro-choice activists have long argued that prayer vigils outside abortion clinics constitute a form of “harassment” towards women who come t...

Michael Warren Davis

a reporter once asked two men at the construction site where a church was being built what each did for a living. the first man replied: “i’...

Fr Ronald Rolheiser

winston churchill said that “the mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailin...

Andrew M Brown

bohemian-czech native jan hus (1369-1415) is widely considered a forerunner of the protestant revolt. in 1393 he received his ba from the un...

Charles Coulombe

may is the month of our lady, and it is nearly impossible to visit a church, especially for mass, and remain oblivious to the outpouring of ...

The Catholic Herald

the perfect is the enemy of the good, it is said. so in a perfect world there would be many multiples of the 5,000 people who turned out for...

Fr Dominic Allain

the collect for the fifth sunday of easter was not in a previous edition of the roman missal. omnipotens sempiterne deus, semper in nobis pa...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf