Catholic Church

The Pittsburgh shooting threatens the very foundation of the American Dream

This sort of anti-Semitic violence is poison to the American soul

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Letters from the Synod-2018: The final letter

Reports and Commentary, from Rome and Elsewhere, on the XV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

Xavier Rynne II

Morning Catholic must-reads: 29/10/18

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Pope apologises to young people who have felt ignored by the Church

'As Christ's Church, we want to listen to you with love,' says Holy Father

Youth synod final report released, addresses gender, sexuality

Every paragraph in the document passed by a comfortable margin

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Defend Church from those who seek to destroy it, Pope says at synod

Francis tells bishops that 'through us, the great accuser wants to attack' mother Church

Junno Arocho Esteves

After synagogue shooting, Bishop Zubik pleads for prayer, end to anti-Jewish bigotry

'My heart and prayers are especially lifted up for our Jewish sisters and brothers', said Bishop Zubik

Catholic News Agency

Irish voters remove blasphemy punishment from constitution

Close to 70 per cent of voters backed the change

Catholic News Agency

Chinese authorities destroy two Marian shrines despite Vatican-China agreement

Government forces destroyed the shrines of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows in Dongergou (Shanxi), and Our Lady of Bliss in Anlong (Guizhou)

We could guess the outcome of this Synod before it started

The Synod Fathers will end up saying whatever the Pope says they said

Christopher R. Altieri