Catholic Church

Vatican secretary of state celebrates Christmas in Baghdad

christians and muslims in iraq are called by the same god to rebuild a nation where peace, harmony and justice reign, cardinal pietro paroli...
Cindy Wooden

New York archdiocese issued suitability letter for priest under abuse investigation

the archdiocese of new york told a california college this month that a local priest had never been accused of sexual abuse, even while the ...
Ed Condon/CNA

McCarrick abused youth during confession, lawyer charges

a man who says he was serially sexually abused by archbishop theodore mccarrick testified thursday as part of a vatican investigation regard...
JD Flynn/CNA

Monks attacked during Vienna church robbery

two men robbed the monastery church of the immaculate mary in vienna thursday, according to austrian police, injuring five religious in doin...
Catholic News Agency

Vatican court convicts Italian of money laundering

the vatican city state court sentenced an italian contractor, who had done work for several vatican offices, to 2 1/2 years in jail for usin...
Cindy Wooden

'My filth crackles as He seizes hold of me': an interview with Sister Wendy Beckett

the copthorne tam hotel is a tall, nondescript tower-block that sheds a thick shadow across the back of high street kensington station. the ...
Freddy Gray

Nun and art critic Sister Wendy Beckett dies aged 88

She achieved international fame presenting TV documentaries on art history
Staff Reporter

St Stephen’s Day connects Christ’s birth to his salvific mission, Pope Francis says

the feast of the first christian martyr, st. stephen, falls the day after christmas —  timing that contains an important spiritual less...
Courtney Grogan/CNA

Cardinal Nichols's Christmas message to Catholic Herald readers

central to our faith is our belief in 'the holy catholic church'. it was this that pope francis chose to emphasise in his closing remarks at...
Cardinal Vincent Nichols

Priest apologises for funeral homily that focused on suicide

a michigan priest criticised for emphasising suicide in his homily during a recent funeral for an 18-year-old who took his own life has sinc...
Carol Zimmermann