Catholic Church

Never mind the Twitter spats - Fr Spadaro just said something truly eye-opening

The controversies about screenshots and anonymous accounts have obscured Fr Spadaro's startling remarks about Communion

Two priests in Argentina arrested over alleged abuse of at least 22 children at school for the deaf

Police arrested Fr Nicola Corradi, 82, Fr Horacio Corbacho, 55, and three other men last week

Associated Press

The inside story of how 226 Assyrian Christians were freed from ISIS

Bishop organised the raising of millions of dollars to pay ransom to the Islamic extremists

Associated Press

Morning Catholic must-reads: 06/12/16

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

Archbishops from Syria and Iraq blocked from visiting the UK

The bishops were refused entry due to fears that they might not return home

Madeleine Teahan

St John Paul II truly understood the importance of absolute values

Freedom without the underpinning of clear and absolute values is not freedom at all

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Four cardinals have taken the 'correct road', says leading German philosopher

Robert Spaemann, a friend of Benedict XVI, said the cardinals had chosen the right course and wishes more would join them

Orthodox patriarch says Amoris Laetitia is about God's mercy

'First and foremost the apostolic exhortation recalls the mercy and compassion of God,' the patriarch wrote

Russian patriarch blesses new Paris church

Patriarch Kirill led a sanctifying ceremony in the Saint Trinity Church

Associated Press

Syriac Catholic patriarch 'horrified' after seeing Iraqi 'ghost towns'

Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan visited beleaguered Christians in northern Iraq last month

Catholic News Service