Catholic Church

Analysis: The non-trial of Theodore McCarrick

while recent media reports suggest that a trial of archbishop theodore mccarrick is underway, vatican sources have told cna that his case is...
Ed Condon/CNA

Trial begins for French cardinal accused of abuse cover-up

french cardinal philippe barbarin, archbishop of lyon, began trial on monday on charges of failing to report allegations that a priest in hi...
Catholic News Agency

Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/01/19

retired cardinal john tong has been named apostolic administrator of hong kong diocese after the death of bishop michael yeung ( charles col...
Luke Coppen

Chad Pecknold joins Catholic Herald as contributing editor

as we announced last week.  c.c. pecknold  will be joining the  catholic herald  as a contributing editor. an associate ...
Michael Warren Davis

Pope Francis sends Christmas greetings to Coptic Christians

pope francis sent christmas and new year’s greetings to coptic christians and all egyptians upon the inauguration of a major coptic cathedra...
Catholic News Agency

Hong Kong bishop dies aged 73

bishop michael yeung ming-cheung of hong kong died in hospital on thursday at the age of 73, after suffering liver failure due to cirrhosis....
Catholic News Agency

Morning Catholic must-reads: 07/01/19

“we must not let our fears close our heart," pope francis said at yesterday's angelus ( full text , full video ). to find jesus, we must fol...
Luke Coppen

Archbishop urges Irish Catholics to resist new abortion law

the primate of all-ireland has insisted that the country's new abortion law that took effect on january 1 has "no moral force" and it "must ...
Michael Kelly

How the Nativity Fast helped my journey back to the Church

two months ago i wrote in these pages of embarking on the 40-day nativity fast of the byzantine rite. this was partly a spiritual preparatio...
Paul Nizinskyj

Why the Soviet Union failed to eradicate religion

there is a very affecting scene at the end of turgenev’s mid-nineteenth century novel, fathers and sons, when bazarov, the resolute young at...
Francis Phillips