Catholic Church

tim kaine: church will change its teaching democratic vice presidential nominee tim kaine has predicted that the church will eventually drop...

Staff writers

the devil’s favourite weapon for destroying the church is division, pope francis has told new bishops. he told them to be careful to make su...

Staff writers

if ever there was a time for cheers and fist-pumps in the offices of the catholic education service it was last friday. for years the ces ha...

Madeleine Teahan

the sky was an immaculate blue, and a strong september sun warmed the pilgrims squeezing into st peter’s square, burnishing the droplets fro...

Caroline Wyatt

this month a christian army in iraq achieved a spectacular victory when it drove isis out of the northern village of badanah. as is fitting ...

Ed West

hidden away in south-west florida is the extraordinary catholic town of ave maria. built on the outskirts of the city of naples, the college...

Madeleine Teahan

will the reforms of pope francis survive his own pontificate? the summer of 2016 brought much activity on the curial reform front, with the ...

Fr Raymond de Souza

the abortion act 1967 was frankly a disaster. the most emotionally effective argument in its favour was the prevention of illegal abortions ...

Quentin de la Bedoyere

leaving the eu is the catholic thing to do sir – fr ashley beck (letter, september 9) remarks on the “negative” approach of catholic leave a...

The Catholic Herald

docat , ignatius press, £6.99 this book, which is packed with photographs, excerpts from papal encyclicals and quotations from the saints an...

Francis Phillips