Catholic Church

Saint of the week: Lucy (December 13)

betrothed to a pagan very little is known about st lucy. she was a virgin and martyr, born in the year 283 or thereabouts and she lived in s...
Staff Reporter

Mass Readings

ordinary form divine office week iii sunday, december 11: third sunday of advent is 35:1-6a, 10; ps 146; jas 5:7-10; mt 11:2-11 monday, dece...
The Catholic Herald

Pictures of the Week

1 canon william clements, a former administrator of southwark cathedral and lately parish priest at birchington, kent, is presented with the...
The Catholic Herald

December 11 to December 17

cardinal nichols (westminster) mon: liaison committee meeting (day 1), glasgow, 12.00pm. wed: ccee presidents’ meeting, rome, all day. thu: ...
The Catholic Herald

Piers Paul Read: Is Jansenism back?

southern burgundy is rich in the architectural treasures of the church’s glorious past. there are a number of exquisite romanesque churches,...
Piers Paul Read

Priests 'should learn about climate change as part of their formation'

Updated Vatican guidelines say clergy must promote care for creation
Cindy Wooden

Swiss bishop: no last rites for those seeking assisted suicide

The number of euthanasia deaths in Switzerland rose by a third last year
Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/12/16

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

Pope Francis: everything in Amoris Laetitia was supported by the synod

The Pope said that in a synodal Church there was 'a movement from high to low'
Staff Reporter

Catholic church bombed as fighting intensifies in Burma

Church bombed as tensions between state military and ethnic groups in northern Burma escalate
Catholic News Service