Catholic Church

Exorcist who was spiritual director to Pope Francis dies aged 102

Fr Carlos Aldunate SJ taught the young Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 1960

Inside Britain's first Trappist brewery

Mount St Bernard Abbey faced an uncertain financial future. Then the monks created an ale that has critics buzzing

A ‘demonic’ regime

when cardinal leopoldo brenes heard that paramilitaries had surrounded a basilica in the city of diriamba, he dropped everything and rushed ...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣ cardinal’s aide arrested for alleged child abuse what happened? the former chancellor of the archdiocese of santiago, chile, was arrested ...

The best of the web

✣ highlights from the week online cleared of murder – then hugged by a pope amaury coutansais-pervinquière told the incredible story of toma...

In brief

lansing, michigan consecrated virgins ‘shocked’ by new vatican rules the us association of consecrated virgins has said it is “deeply disapp...

The Vatican: When churches convert

the vatican is drawing up guidelines for the sale of deconsecrated buildings does not god dwell here anymore? that is the question a confere...

Christopher R. Altieri

Britain: Education - an inspector calls

the ofsted head’s latest speech won’t allay the concerns of faith schools "the last thing a chief inspector should be is a crusader.” so sai...

United States: Courtroom drama

is brett kavanaugh the man who will finally bring down roe? "vibrant” is a curious way to describe the catholic community in washington dc. ...

Michael Warren Davis

Central African Republic: An eye for an eye

as a spirit of revenge spreads, the bishops renew their call for peace when a senior priest was shot dead in the central african republic, t...

Jonathan Luxmoore