Catholic News

Alleged vandal faces hate crime charge after major damage to Denver's Catholic cathedral

a 26-year-old woman has turned herself in on two charges related to some $10,000 in vandalism damage to denver’s cathedral basilica of the i...

Twenty-two missionaries murdered in 2021, reveals Vatican in annual report

twenty-two catholic missionaries were killed around the world in 2021, half of them in africa, according to a report released by the fides n...

Pope preaches peace during Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi blessing

giving his traditional christmas day “urbi et orbi” blessing, pope francis urged leaders to be open to dialogue to resolve the world’s many ...

The Catholic soul of Middle Earth

jrr tolkien has had some unexpected admirers – joni mitchell, iris murdoch, terry pratchett and wh auden – and to their number is now added ...

Gertrude Clarke

Vatican renews crackdown on Traditional Latin Mass

the vatican has issued further strict guidelines on the celebration of the traditional latin mass in response to questions about the motu pr...

Hannah Brockhaus

EU bid to ban word 'Christmas' is throwback to Nazi and Communist eras, Pope tells journalists

the pope has denounced an attempt by the european union to excise the word “christmas” from official documentation as a throwback to the dic...

'Fulani association' warns Christians in Nigerian state to close churches or risk attacks

christians in nigeria’s zamfara state have been cautioned against public worship in churches lest they be attacked, abducted, and their plac...

Jude Atemanke CNA

Detroit archbishop 'heartbroken' over Michigan school shooting

archbishop allen vigneron of detroit said he was “heartbroken” on tuesday after hearing of the “horrific tragedy” of a school shooting outsi...

Stop the horror of persecution

when a young christian girl from pakistan called farah shaheen was abducted from her home, not in their worst nightmares could her family im...

The Christmas Stories

there are all sorts of reasons why we choose the mass we usually go to: maybe it’s the music, or the lack of it, or the bells and smells, or...

Rev Dr Richard J Ounsworth