Catholic Church

The beauty of rood screens

The screens were once the main visual showpiece of a church

The Catechism and the death penalty: are Catholics right to be worried?

This wouldn't be the first time a pope has been in tension with Catholic teaching

Is the Vatican giving a promotion to laypeople?

What a Vatican reshuffle shows about its attitude to the laity

Fr Raymond de Souza

Congolese Catholics urge cardinal to run for president

Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya said he has 'other things to do'

The war-torn region the Church wouldn't leave

The Religious in the Nuba Mountains, southern Sudan, were ordered to evacuate by their bishop. Seven years on, their mission continues

Catholic News Service

US Church should consider hiring outside investigator over McCarrick claims, bishop says

Prayers and apologies are 'necessary, but not sufficient', Bishop Doherty said

Latin-rite bishop appointed to administer Eastern-rite diocese following legal disputes

Bishop Olmsted said he was appointed to help preserve the unity of the Ruthenian Catholic Church

Catholic News Service

Why 'Uncle Ted' didn't want to be called a father

The Archbishop's easygoing persona was a social strategy – and a theological stance

Matthew Schmitz

How will faithful Catholics thrive under secularism? Try the 'Village Option'

We're trying to build a Nazareth in Lancashire

Fr Armand De Malleray

Who is England's next saint?

Nuns, priests, a journalist and a certain cardinal are all in the running for canonisation