Catholic Church

The next evolution

Atheists will soon start to die out, according to demographic projections. So much for 'secularisation theory'

It's 1978 all over again

Time magazine reporting of 1978 now looks both quaint and prescient. Then, as now, everything hangs on the choice of the next pope

Damian Thompson

The election with no right answer

In the first round, French Catholics did not vote for either Macron or Le Pen. They face a dilemma at the ballot box this Sunday

Ever closer union

on the evening of his first day in cairo, pope francis placed his hand on the glass covering a blood-splattered wall in the coptic church of...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣   papal visit to egypt hailed as a triumph what happened? pope francis made what has been widely seen as a successful visit to egypt ...

The best of the blogosphere

✣ highlights from the week online francis, don’t do this deal with the sspx giving sspx clergy full regularised status in the church via sel...

New Oratory to be launched this month

a new oratory for bournemouth will be launched this month, the diocese of portsmouth has announced. it will be the sixth community of orator...

First ever beatification to take place in Ireland

the first beatification ceremony to be held in ireland will take place in dublin next saturday. fr john sullivan, a jesuit famed for his dev...

Francis honours Copts killed in bomb blast

on his first evening in egypt pope francis prayed with coptic orthodox pope tawadros ii at the site where dozens of coptic orthodox christia...

News in brief

pope appeals for peace amid venezuela unrest pope francis has urged both of venezuela’s main political parties to ensure that “every further...