Catholic Church

this is either the best or the worst time for a papal visit to ireland. it’s easy to understand why it might be the worst. consider these ne...

The Catholic Herald

✣ pope deplores abuse in letter to world’s catholics what happened? pope francis has called on all catholics to eng­age in penitential praye...

Staff writers

✣ highlights from the week online mega-dioceses are part of the problem at his website, taylor marshall suggested one little-discussed reaso...

Staff writers

telegraph creek, british columbia bishop asks for prayers as wildfire rages wildfire has destroyed a catholic mission church, rectory and mu...

Staff writers

who is archbishop peña? pope francis has finally named a new deputy for the powerful vatican secretariat of state. he had rendered the post ...

Christopher R. Altieri

the church is preparing for battle over compulsory organ donation earlier this year joe ball and his family made a 500-mile round trip from ...

Simon Caldwell

the archbishop of washington’s public relations strategy backfires six dioceses, 300 priests and 1,000 victims. those numbers were splashed ...

Michael Warren Davis

in the wake of terror attacks, the future for catholics is anything but certain almost three months after suicide bombers attacked three chu...

Benedict Rogers

over the weekend, i made a pilgrimage to combe florey, the somerset village and house where evelyn, and then auberon, waugh, lived. as a chi...

Harry Mount

pope francis could hardly be arriving at a more dramatic moment. in the aftermath of the abortion referendum, ireland seems to be wholly set...

Michael Duggan