Catholic Church

The week France remembered her vocation

“our cathedral!” the man crying beside me on the banks of the seine, watching notre-dame go up in flames, is jewish. on this evening of apri...

Sri Lanka's Ranjith: 'I would have cancelled' Easter Mass if bomb warnings were passed on

the archbishop of colombo says that government officials in sri lanka should be fired for failing to act on tips that terrorists attacks wer...

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Morning Catholic must-reads: 25/04/19

sri lankan cardinal malcom ranjith has said he would have cancelled easter masses if bomb warnings had been passed to him. outspoken bishop ...

When it comes to curial reform, one dicastery must always reign supreme

a senior papal adviser let slip that the reform of the vatican bureaucracy with which his electors tasked pope francis at the start of his p...

Christopher R. Altieri

If Hitler had his way he would have exterminated Christians too

in a recent column, michael rosenwald writes in the washington post about hitler’s view of christianity by way of alan bullock’s classic wor...

White House Chief of Staff: Catholic principles are driving our policies

the national catholic prayer breakfast heard an uncompromising call to holiness and the defense of every human life tuesday, with speakers c...

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Morning Catholic must-reads: 24/04/19

the vatican’s new constitution will reportedly create a new “super dicastery” for evangelisation . the us church has welcomed more than 37,0...

Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka Easter bombings

the islamic state claimed responsibility on tuesday for the easter bombings in sri lanka that killed at least 321 people and left 500 injure...

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Cardinal criticises Sri Lanka government for failing to protect Christians

cardinal malcolm ranjith of colombo, sri lanka, has blamed the country's authorities for the security lapse he claims could have prevented e...

Michael Sainsbury

Western Christians should learn from the Sri Lanka martyrs

"he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me," but "he who loses his life for my sake will find it" (matthew 10:38-9). ...