Catholic Church

Why are Anglican ordinations taking place in Catholic churches?

there are some wounds that time simply doesn’t heal. one of them is the twinge of resentment catholics feel at the sight of canterbury cathe...

Michael Warren Davis

A hundred years on, this Catholic philosopher has much to teach us

on monday last week, the anscombe bioethics centre in oxford hosted a centenary symposium to remember the great catholic philosopher after w...

Why did the Pope accept one cardinal's resignation but not another's?

last week in rome was the story of two resignations: one long since submitted and at long last accepted; the other, submitted and shelved on...

Christopher R. Altieri

World News: from San Salvador to Nur-Sultan

santa fe, new mexico santa muerte is no saint, says archbishop an american archbishop has condemned the popular veneration of santa muerte, ...

The week in quotations

"you hear very famous scientists making pronouncements like … we don’t need god any more. that’s complete nonsense" theoretical physicist ma...

The best of the web: anchovy pizza, Flannery's limitations, Caviezel's cross

the decline and fall of anchovy pizza did the church destroy anchovy pizza? at the federalist, david marcus put the case for the prosecution...

Overlooked: Chinese president visits Rome, but not the Pope

what happened? xi jinping has completed his trip to rome – without visiting its best-known resident. the chinese president came to the itali...

The big story: Immigration official claims Christianity is violent

what happened? the british government has distanced itself from an official letter which claimed that christianity is a violent religion. th...

The past two conclaves have been swift, but don't expect the next one to be

we did not have to wait long after the conclave of 2005 for an authoritative account of the voting behind the sistine chapel’s sealed doors....

The Catholic Herald

Archbishop Wilton Gregory asked to lead Washington archdiocese

pope francis is expected to appoint archbishop wilton gregory of atlanta to serve as the next archbishop of washington, multiple sources hav...

Ed Condon and JD Flynn/CNA