Catholic Church

Greek envoy sent to mediate Mount Sinai monastery crisis

Archbishop Damianos faces rebellion from monks at Mount Sinai amid allegations of misrule, financial abuse, and keeping a concubine.
Thomas Edwards

Intimidation campaign clears Catholic residents from Belfast homes

Just one Catholic family remains in a new north Belfast development after a series of sectarian attacks and threats prompted others to flee.
The Catholic Herald

Pope Leo opens Augustinian General Chapter in Rome

Eighty-three delegates from fifty countries gather at the Augustinianum to elect a new Prior General and set the Order’s priorities for the next six years.
The Catholic Herald

Interview: Abbot of Clear Creek on founding the abbey, forming monks and Pope Leo XIV

Abbot Philip Anderson reflects on Clear Creek’s past and future.
Niwa Limbu

Pope Leo meets Fr James Martin at the Vatican

The Jesuit priest and LGBT ministry leader met the Holy Father during a Jubilee pilgrimage to Rome.
The Catholic Herald

Minneapolis church to be reconsecrated after anti-Catholic school shooting

Archbishop Hebda says the Church of the Annunciation must be reconsecrated before Holy Mass can resume, following a shooting during a school liturgy that left two children dead.
Thomas Edwards

Catholic churches in France have a bad landlord: the French government

In a fine example of Gallic counter-intuitiveness, almost all of France’s Catholic churches are owned by the State – and most don't appear to be doing well out of the unusual arrangement
The Catholic Herald

Denmark’s ‘spiritual rearmament’ offers important lessons to UK

Denmark is discovering what many nations in the West are about to learn: that a system built on comfort, entitlement and personal freedom can't inspire when hardship occurs
The Catholic Herald

Pope Leo XIV meets Zimbabwean president in private audience

Their discussion included the important role the Catholic Church has played in the country, especially during its economic struggles
The Catholic Herald

Blasphemous opera with 'naked nuns on roller skates' wins critics’ award in Germany  

Its selection as 'Production of the Year' by German theatre critics comes after its premier left shocked audience members needing medical treatment
Niwa Limbu