Catholic Church

washington is not the only archdiocese facing a restive laity just a few months ago – though it seems like years – washington, dc was the mo...

Michael Warren Davis

as the nation revives the death penalty, cardinal ranjith must walk a fine line in july the sri lankan president, maithripala sirisena, anno...

Melani Manel Perera

lay people are taking on priests’ former duties in the country’s largest diocese new zealand’s only cardinal, john dew of wellington, spoke ...

Natasha Marsh

the more i write about britain’s moral, educational and cultural decline, the more i run up against that decline in action. for the past few...

Peter Hitchens

fr alphonse l’heureux, a trappist monk living in china, was tortured to death by chinese soldiers from the marxist side of the civil war in ...

Dan Hitchens

amid new rumours of a deal with the holy see, persecution of christians is at its highest level since the cultural revolution reports emerge...

Benedict Rogers

pope emeritus benedict xvi gave his final september speech last week in rome. benedict didn’t give the speech himself. his private secretary...

Fr Raymond de Souza

night after night, i felt a strange presence in my room. when i realised what it was, i knew i had to become catholic on september 23 we com...

Fr Alan Robinson

i find it impossible to support the campaign, led by the labour mp stella creasy, to make misogyny a “hate crime”. how do you define misogyn...

Mary Kenny

composer sir james macmillan has seen the fortunes of his home town improve. luckily, it’s a perfect place for music driving into the west o...

David Oldroyd-Bolt