Catholic Church

World looks the other way at Christian persecution, Pope says

love for neighbour means being close to people, especially those facing oppression and violence for being christian, and engaging in charita...

Junno Arocho Esteves

Only religion could have inspired the beauties of Venice

i have recently been engaged in reading back numbers of plough quarterly. this magazine is the inspired production of the bruderhof movement...

Francis Phillips

Birmingham archbishop apologises for Church's response to abuse survivors

a catholic archbishop has apologised to the victims of child abuse during a government-backed inquiry that shed light on allegations against...

Italy should get back taxes from Vatican, court rules

catholic leaders are open to discussing with the italian government a court ruling saying italy has the right to recover millions of dollars...

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Cupich and Wuerl collaborated on alternative sex abuse proposal

cardinal blase cupich of chicago and cardinal donald wuerl of washington collaborated extensively on a recently proposed policy for handling...

Pushkin, cat who met the Pope and published a book, dies aged 19

the author, papal confidant, archivist and cat pushkin has died aged 19. he had been suffering from thyroid problems and went off his food o...

Italian bishops vote to change translation of the Our Father

the italian bishops approved an updated translation of mass prayers, including a change in the translation of the our father, and they passe...

Milan court rules against Archbishop Viganò in inheritance lawsuit

a civil court in milan has ordered archbishop carlo maria viganò, a longtime diplomat and former vatican nuncio to the united states, to ret...

Sex abuse inquiry examines England's Birmingham archdiocese

an independent government inquiry is investigating how the archdiocese of birmingham handled allegations of child sexual abuse made against ...

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Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/11/18

the church risks “becoming disoriented by falling prey to ... polarisation” , pope francis has told latin american priests ( video ). israel...