Catholic Church

Vatican to draft guidelines on proper use for redundant churches

The review comes amid concerns about churches being turned into gyms and nightclubs

Former Telegraph editor: Pope Francis's papacy has an 'intellectual deficiency'

Charles Moore said he was glad Pope Francis had been elected, but that the Pontiff may be causing confusion

The incredible story of the priest ordained amidst the horrors of Dachau

Bl Karl Leisner was ordained in secret by Bishop Gabriel Piguet of Clermont-Ferrand, a fellow prisoner

Francis Phillips

Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/07/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Why is Civiltà Cattolica attacking American Christians? I have a theory

If the essayists are allowed to engage in corny psychoanalysis, then permit me to do the same

Catholics lead resistance to Satanic monument

A black cube with Satanic symbols could be placed in a veterans memorial park

Catholic News Service

Antonio Spadaro has discovered a brand of Protestantism he doesn’t like

Spadaro's essay criticises many ideas and groups that deserve it, but in the end is wrong-headed and over-simplistic

American Catholicism is being poisoned by factionalism

Bad faith between liberals and conservatives is causing debate to devolve into partisan sniping

Michael Warren Davis

Nearly half of those pondering religious life in the US have to pay off student debt first

Jesuits and Paulist Fathers are among the few orders who say they can pay off loans once entrants have been ordained

Croats and Serbs studying life of Cardinal Stepinac fail to reach consensus

The joint Catholic-Orthodox commission, set up at the request of Pope Francis, agreed that the two churches should 'share the memory of martyrs'

Junno Arocho Esteves