Catholic Church

Why the Vatican's abuse summit is doomed

a month away from the vatican’s sexual abuse summit and the smell of failure is in the air, emanating not from the holy father’s critics but...

Fr Raymond de Souza

St Bernadette, a medallion and the miraculous saving of a soul

this is a true story, the details set out as accurately as knowledge and memory permit peter was born in thurso, the most northerly town on ...

In the countryside, England's Catholic heritage remains hidden in plain sight

the winter solstice is well passed, and as the days lengthen so do my forays out into the valley below our farmhouse. our valley hasn’t chan...

This year’s March for Life was a success, not that you'd know that from the media

the 46th march for life (m4l) brought an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 marchers to washington to demonstrate for the legal prohibition of abo...

Finding Cardinal Wuerl's successor is an urgent priority

on january 14, the catholic news agency published a puzzling headline: “wuerl denies prior denials denied knowledge of mccarrick seminarian ...

The results of a major new survey will both inspire and unnerve Catholics

last week, the knights of columbus and the marist institute for public opinion jointly published two polls that should give catholics a bit ...

Michael Warren Davis

Police investigate a series of petrol bombs threats against churches

"it looked like just an ordinary handwritten letter on the outside. but when i opened it and read what it said, the horror of what it could ...

The bishops' language games are adding to the confusion

"everybody lies” is the maxim of the fictional dr gregory house, deliciously played by hugh laurie in the television series house. the first...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news

detroit, michigan sister resigns from seminary after abuse allegations a nun has resigned as a faculty member of a seminary in detroit after...

Week in review

the big story of the past seven days ✣ catholic students caught in media backlash what happened? a catholic school in kentucky faced a backl...