Catholic Church

Latin Patriarchate says new Israeli settlement law 'further eliminates hopes of peace'

Holy Land Church warns of 'serious consequences' of law passed by Israeli Knesset this week

Judith Sudilovsky

Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/02/17

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

China and the Vatican have reached an agreement on bishops, says cardinal

Cardinal John Tong says the deal will end a 'crisis of division' between official and underground churches

Why doesn’t ‘discernment’ apply to other types of sin too?

In the modern world adultery is regarded as OK, while such things as racism remain beyond the pale

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

How Springsteen makes us cry for troubled souls

The great songwriter’s lyrics are indebted to Catholicism

Madeleine Teahan

My Vatican journey

Holy See diplomacy has achieved impressive results in supporting peace efforts worldwide. As Britain’s ambassador, I hope to help build on that work

Pope Francis’s traditionalists

John Paul II couldn’t strike a deal that satisfied the SSPX. Nor could Benedict. Enter the unlikeliest of bridge-builders

Damian Thompson

Cardinal Pell clashes with Greens amid row over abuse inquiry

The party has an 'anti-religion agenda', Cardinal Pell's spokesman says after it demanded he return to Australia

Madeleine Teahan

Communication breakdown

romans woke up last saturday to a disturbing sight. posters featuring a stern-looking pope francis had been plastered all over the historic ...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣  anti-francis posters cause a stir in rome what happened? dozens of posters sprang up around rome on saturday in an anonymous protest...