Catholic Church

What do Jews and Christians have in common? Love of neighbor, Pope Francis says

the love of neighbor is a common commitment among christians and jews, pope francis said tuesday, to teachers and students at rome’s pontifi...
Catholic News Agency

Analysis: Is Pope Francis' new abuse plan the answer Catholics are looking for?

pope francis, the “pope of surprises,” lived up to his nickname this morning, by releasing a comprehensive canonical plan to address the inv...
Catholic News Agency

The new Vatican plan to combat abuse is a step forward. But there's something vital missing

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

Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/05/19

cardinal blase cupich has hailed the vatican’s new norms on reporting abuse as “revolutionary” . jesus and the pharisees “must have had much...
Luke Coppen

Communion and the Church's mess

there was an odd story from holy week about the new man in the chilean capital, santiago. bishop celestino aós, the apostolic administrator ...
Fr Raymond de Souza

Heretic of the Week: Emanuel Swedenborg

emanuel swedenborg (1688-1772) was – not too surprisingly, given his name – a native of sweden. emanuel’s father, jesper swedenborg, was the...
Charles Coulombe

Prize crossword 0592

cryptic across 7 close to death, drugs tom’s taken with a greek spirit (6) 8 heading east, team from brussels is first to discover old roman...
Alun Evans

Letters & Emails

the betrayal of the church in china sir – your leader, “east of eden” (may 3), expresses timely if overly respectful doubt about current vat...
The Catholic Herald

The Catholic sympathies of a romantic painter

returning from supper in bayeux to his battalion in the normandy countryside one july evening in 1944, the artist and welsh guards officer r...
Daniel Frampton

Sacred mysteries and cheeky cigarettes

greek roads are a fascinating experiment in libertarianism. on an almost empty motorway, a fellow driver used the hard shoulder to overtake ...
Tim Stanley