Catholic Church

the tone of press coverage of pope francis is changing last week was another rough week for pope francis. in fact, it’s been an increasingly...

Christopher R. Altieri

what is the truth about the case of cardinal murphy-o’connor? the claims are shocking. a cardinal is accused of child abuse; his diocese is ...

Dan Hitchens

even loyal bishops and insiders are dismayed by apparent inaction on mccarrick to the surprise of many catholic commentators, cardinal timot...

Michael Warren Davis

with the nation’s only church closed, the faithful must pray alone last year somalia’s only church was forced to close. st anthony of padua ...

Fredrick Nzwili

we arrived at the residenza madri pie, five minutes’ walk from st peter’s basilica, on sunday, in time for supper and an orientation session...

Bishop Philip Egan

witchcraft and magic have a strong hold over our collective imagination. these days, our interest is largely for entertainment, but four cen...

Dominic Selwood

participants in the synod of bishops which started this week in rome were appointed by various means. national bishops’ conferences elected ...

Fr Raymond de Souza

i helped to oversee safeguarding in england and wales. i was left wondering if some bishops really ‘get it’ when pope francis wrote his rece...

Danny Sullivan

sometimes we look at the people’s republic of china and think, “come on, they can’t be communist any more – half of them are overweight!” so...

Tim Stanley

this mostly protestant invention has little to do with our tradition and turns us into passive participants the queen consort of george v wa...

Fr George Rutler