Catholic Church

The monsignor who lived at a gentlemen's club

i have dinner at the travellers club in london’s pall mall with an author who has written widely on both the church of england and the royal...

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

The legalisation of abortion may force a bishop to abdicate as prince

one of europe’s strangest church-state relationships may soon come to an end if a catholic bishop is forced to abdicate as co-prince of ando...

Jonathan Luxmoore

Even in exile, Syriac Orthodox Christians remain divided

it is cold and gloomy when i ask one of the syriac orthodox youths in the swedish city of södertälje to describe to me what the past year ha...

Filipe D'Avillez

The broadcaster ruffling feathers at home and abroad

love him or hate him – and opinion is strikingly divided on that point – raymond arroyo (pictured) is the king of the catholic airwaves. lay...

Michael Warren Davis

Knight falls: The Order of Malta expels the author of 'The Dictator Pope'

when henry sire published his book the dictator pope last year, he knew it could bring reprisals. indeed, it was originally published pseudo...

Archbishop Scicluna’s return to the Vatican is heartening news

the news that pope francis has appointed the 59-year-old archbishop charles scicluna of malta to the position of adjunct secretary at the co...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news

paradise, united states pope francis prays for victims of wildfires addressing pilgrims in st peter’s square on sunday, pope francis prayed ...

Week in review

the big story of the past seven days ✣ vatican intervenes at us bishops’ assembly what happened? late afternoon on sunday, the day before us...

Martyrs and tomorrow’s Church

It is, perversely, a mark of Catholicism’s success that it is being targeted in Africa

The Catholic Herald

Aggressive nationalism is fuelling hatred against Christians, finds report

The report observed a spike in hatred against religious minorities in India, China, Pakistan and Burma