Catholic Church

The feminist heroine whose brilliant mind brought her into the Church

imagine, if you will, a gathering of bright young girls at boston’s emmanuel college, a prestigious catholic women’s college run by the sist...
Charles Coulombe

'Christian fascists go to hell': Australia's new lynch-mob mentality

hours before 10am on wednesday, march 13 a media cloud had gathered over the county court of victoria, melbourne. in a first for australia, ...
Natasha Marsh

Christians have committed terrible crimes over the centuries. Why is that?

during the siege of jerusalem, at the conclusion of the first crusade in 1099, a priest led devotions on the mount of olives, attended by hu...
Niall Gooch

Pope Francis got it right on Cardinal Barbarin

pope francis did the right thing in refusing to accept the resignation offered by cardinal philippe barbarin of lyons after his conviction b...
Fr Raymond de Souza

Once, Christians led the response to socialism and liberalism. Could it happen again?

Christian democracy helped create order in post-war Europe, but has largely surrendered to liberalism. It’s time for a rethink
Andrew Cusack

Diary: My wife has imposed Catholicism on the family – which is fine by me

carla, my beautiful italian wife and the mother of our six young children, is what i call a catholic fundamentalist. she believes abortion i...
Nicholas Farrell

As the Cyclone Idai crisis deepens, the Church is on the frontline

the church in mozambique is scrambling to try to help hundreds of thousands of people in the district of beira who have been left stranded b...
Filipe D'Avillez

As Nigeria falls apart, hundreds of Christians are being massacred

according to open doors, nigeria is the 12th worst country in the world for persecution of christians. those responsible are islamists, who ...
Godfrey Danaan

The Equality Act is back – and could pose a serious threat to Catholic institutions

a new version of the equality act, a bill to include various sexual minorities in federal anti-discrimination law, was introduced in congres...
Jordan Bloom

Bishops' names are being erased from buildings across the US

cardinal donald wuerl, the former archbishop of washington, was once the most powerful man in the american church – second, perhaps, only to...
Michael Warren Davis