Catholic Church

Week in review

the big story of the past seven days ✣ jeremy hunt vows to defend persecuted christians what happened? jeremy hunt, britain’s foreign secret...

World news

louisiana law restricting abortion put on pause the supreme court (pictured) has put a temporary hold on a law that would restrict abortions...

The Pope's in-flight press conference didn't get the attention it deserved

when it comes to news from the pope’s in-flight press conference en route to rome from panama last week, his discussion of the “inflated exp...

Christopher R. Altieri

The Church is leading the battle against human trafficking

three years ago police in lancashire noticed that among an influx of romanians was a man called gabriel razvan ursu, a career criminal with ...

Excommunication breakdown: Why Catholics can't agree about Cuomo

without a doubt, the most evocative moment in catholic cinema is the excommunication scene from becket. richard burton, playing thomas becke...

Michael Warren Davis

Asia Bibi's exoneration is good news for other victims of the blasphemy law

asia bibi has, at long last, triumphed in her search for justice. when the supreme court of pakistan last week threw out a challenge against...

A new persecution has begun - and with it, a subtle temptation

The danger to Western Christians doesn't come from sword-and-sandals tyrants, but from an enforced code of etiquette

Matthew Schmitz

When anti-Catholicism inspired riots

historians, including some of the good ones, have often proffered sweeping generalisations about american anti-catholicism. you’ll read abou...

Jonathan Wright

Did the creators of the Novus Ordo go too far?

to my delight and edification, i discovered that in the extraordinary form the mass of candlemas uses the preface of the nativity. a contemp...

Fr Dominic Allain

Why Anglo-Catholicism appeals to millennials

"twentysomethings are flocking to anglo-catholic services" shouted a headline in the times above an article featuring my church, st bartholo...