Catholic Church

In the remote Himalayas, the Church is growing at a phenomenal rate

a bishop in an isolated indian region, whose flock has grown at an astonishing pace from 900 catholics in 1979 to more than 90,000 today, sa...

Are tensions rising between the Vatican and Cardinal Burke?

the italian journalist who helped archbishop carlo maria viganò craft his searing “testimony” now claims that rome has quietly ordered ameri...

Michael Warren Davis

A shrine to St Jude weathers the storm

among the twelve apostles, st jude has often been neglected – partly because we don’t know much about him, partly because people get him mix...

The 'unspun hero' who will lead the Scottish bishops' conference

bishop hugh gilbert of aberdeen has retained his english accent. despite having lived in scotland since 1975, when he joined the benedictine...

World news

baltimore vatican intervenes at us bishops’ plenary the us bishops’ conference cancelled voting on two key proposals to deal with the abuse ...

A bombshell in Baltimore

it has been evident for some years, but now it has been hammered home with breathtaking emphasis. pope francis has decided that he, and he a...

Fr Raymond de Souza

Week in review

the big story of the past seven days ✣ britain ‘will not offer asia bibi asylum’ what happened? britain is not offering asylum to asia bibi ...

The time of the tribes

The McCarrick scandal and mixed messages from Rome have sparked conflict in the American Church. Here are the colourful combatants

Michael Warren Davis and Damian Thompson

Cardinal Errazuriz confirms exit from Council of Cardinals

embattled cardinal francisco javier errazuriz has said he is no longer a member of pope francis's council of cardinals, having finished his ...

'What are people to make of our silence?' Bishops discuss McCarrick in Baltimore

the bishops of the united states resumed their open-floor discussion on the recent sexual abuse scandals facing the church in america wednes...