Catholic Church

The beautiful witness of the Eastern Catholic Churches

the coal country of north-eastern pennsylvania is full of depressed small towns which have been losing population for decades. today, if the...

In Australia, Pell's most outspoken defenders are outside the hierarchy

when the mccarrick scandal first broke in america, catholics began to leave the church in droves. but when the verdict against cardinal geor...

Catholic voters are likely to face an unappetising choice in 2020

last march, cardinal timothy dolan wrote an op-ed in the wall street journal headlined “the democrats abandon catholics”. the archbishop of ...

Michael Warren Davis

How one diocese is opening a route out of poverty

cardinal vincent nichols has revealed himself as practical man on social matters, seen most notably perhaps in his work with the victims of ...

The government faces a growing parental rebellion

for most catholic parents a time will come when, sitting on the sofa at home watching pre-watershed primetime family television, for instanc...

When a bishop resigns, the faithful have a right to know why

"transparency" was one of the buzzwords over the four days of february 21-24, during which 190 people gathered in the vatican to discuss chi...

Christopher R. Altieri

News round-up: From Huancayo to Hyderabad

richmond, virginia catholic senator votes against abortion survival bill catholic bishops in virginia have said they are “outraged” at the v...

The week in quotations

"a great tragedy" pope emeritus benedict xvi on the conflict in ukraine meeting with archbishop shevchuk "the teaching of morals at the greg...

The best of the web: ISIS, fasting and false allegations

isis sparks conversion – to christianity muslims in syria are converting to christianity because of the horrific violence of isis, wrote yul...

The week ahead: Family fast day, Francis's sixth anniversary, Pell sentencing

one way to help the needy this lent is to join cafod’s family fast day on friday march 15. the idea is to eat a simple meal – a bowl of soup...