Catholic Church

“the church cannot be bullied into changing her doctrine if change contradicts the spirit of the gospel,” cardinal woelki has said. in an ar...

David Oldroyd-Bolt

after the april 11 publication of a new essay by pope emeritus benedict xvi, commentators are mostly discussing their perception of the poli...

Ed Condon/CNA

a new website aims to make available to catholics and researchers a collection of photographs of the shroud of turin by a scientific photogr...

Catholic News Agency

the athenian academy began with that socratic insight that in order to see the final end, we must purify our lives through a philosophical f...

C C Pecknold

the bare, white marble of rome’s ‘scala sancta,’ which are believed to be the stairs trod by christ on the day of his trial and death, are e...

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

archbishop josé gómez will meet vatican officials to discuss new measures to hold bishops accountable . the world’s bishops’ conferences are...

Luke Coppen

to those not of a squeamish nature and who don’t mind the occasional beheading or people being eaten by their own dogs, this sunday sees the...

Ed West

cryptic across 5 paul’s relative shredding of union cards (10) 7 minerva’s equivalent article another included to make a point (6) 8 mark is...

Alun Evans

tenebrae is a passiontide service now rarely observed in the catholic church. tenebrae is the latin for “darkness” and the ceremony involved...

The Catholic Herald

on maundy thursday bishops and priests will celebrate the chrism mass and renew the promises made at ordination. many are demoralised by the...

Fr Dominic Allain