Catholic Church

The big story of the past seven days

✣   trump wins catholic vote by clear margin what happened? media coverage in the run-up to the us election made much of donald trump’s...

Sacred Heart saints are venerated in London

thousands of people flocked to venerate the relics of two sacred heart saints in london last week. the relics of st margaret mary alacoque a...

Student pro-life groups face increasing censorship

pro-lifers are facing a “rise in censorship” at universities, according to a group that supports pro-life societies. hundreds of students ha...

Migrants are hiding in fear, says archbishop

archbishop josé gomez of los angeles has called for mercy and an end to deportations as he led religious leaders in an interfaith prayer ser...

Pope rejects idea of ‘reform of the reform’

pope francis has said that the mass reformed at the second vatican council is here to stay and that to speak of the“reform of the reform” is...

Iraqis return to churches freed from ISIS

iraqi priests have been celebrated masses in churches liberated from isis. masses were held in the towns of bashiqa, qaraqosh and bartella f...

Probe into aborted baby video

an american diocese has said it is investigating the incident of a pro-life priest who placed the body of an aborted baby on an altar and br...

The letter the Pope won’t answer

in the church as in politics, 2016 has been a year of anxiety, anger and sharp divisions. but whereas politics has had its moments of drama ...

How the election split the Religious Right

one of many surprises from this year’s presidential election has been the collapse of the religious right, once one of the most powerful lob...

The meaning of Donald Trump

first there was brexit, then came donald trump. the dutch general election is scheduled for march, the french presidential election in late ...