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Vatican upholds ban on New Zealand religious order approved by Pope Benedict XVI  

The Holy See has 'rejected in its entirety' the appeal lodged by the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, whose priests and brothers were told to leave the diocese in July 2024
Niwa Limbu

Filipino vocations could redraw the future of Catholicism

The archipelagic country in Southeast Asia is poised to reshape Catholicism's clerical landscape, especially when the homelands of Europe languish in vocational decline
Samantha Smith

SSPX pilgrimage for Jubilee endorsed by Vatican despite canonical dispute

The Vatican’s official Jubilee 2025 calendar lists a pilgrimage by the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X. The occasion will mark a rare moment of visible accord following long-running tensions between SSPX and the Vatican
The Catholic Herald

Why I quit UK politics to try and become a Catholic priest

The Covid pandemic was perhaps the moment when I began to think seriously about it. As we came out of lockdown and picked up the pieces of pre-pandemic life, this sense of needing to make a change came back strongly
James Somerville-Meikle

Parish priest arrested during Palestine Action protest in London

The Carmelite cleric set out to show support for the activist organisation designated a terrorist group by the UK government and 'determined' to be arrested.
Niwa Limbu

Vox party leader lashes out at Spain's bishops for 'weakness' and 'silence'

Santiago Abascal has criticised the country’s bishops of being 'muzzled' by a combination of government grants and fallout from the Church’s sexual abuse crisis
The Catholic Herald

Bid to overturn US same-sex marriage ruling heads to Supreme Court

on 26 june 2015, the us supreme court ruled in obergefell v hodges that the fourteenth amendment required states to license and recognise sa...
The Catholic Herald

Detroit archbishop’s new appointment sparks controversy

detroit archbishop edward weisenburger has come under fire for appointing a priest linked to a group that supports women’s ordination as the...
The Catholic Herald

Bishop of Syracuse becomes parish priest for three churches amid priest shortage

on 1 august, bishop douglas j. lucia, 62, of syracuse took up the pastorate of three churches in baldwinsville, new york — st augustine’s, s...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Nichols releases statement on Israeli plan to seize Gaza City

cardinal vincent nichols, archbishop of westminster and president of the catholic bishops' conference of england and wales, has spoken out f...
The Catholic Herald