Catholic News

The Extraordinary Form: a call to arms

rumours have been circulating that pope francis is planning some kind of restriction on the extraordinary form of the mass (ef), the “tradit...

Decline and fall

a sad little notice recently appeared on the universe’s website (“the news site you’ll have faith in”) that “with very much regret” its publ...

Spanish medical body: Threat to conscientious objection on abortion ‘unacceptable, illegal, and unjust’

madrid, spain, jul 14, 2021 / 05:30 am. a body representing spain’s medical colleges said on monday that a government minister’s threat to c...

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Vatican says Pope Francis had "calm" Friday in hospital

a homeless man holds a sign reading "let us pray for pope francis" at the agostino gemelli hospital in rome on 9 july 2021. (filippo montefo...

‘This law makes me feel I am better off dead’: UK court hears Down syndrome abortion law challenge

london, england, jul 7, 2021 / 08:05 am. a woman with down syndrome said on tuesday that a u.k. law allowing abortion up to birth for disabi...

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Maria Goretti's silence was tragic, not heroic, and not a model for us

one of the more uncomfortable homilies i can remember included a paean to the “heroic silence” of st maria goretti in the face of prolonged ...

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Pope Francis: Pontiff "touched" by prayers, well wishes as Vatican reports post-op "regular and satisfactory"

journalists watch the uefa euro 2020 semi-final match between italy and spain in front of rome's gemelli hospital on 6 july 2021. (isabella ...

Traditional Latin Mass advocates appeal to Pope to protect Summorum Pontificum

a federation that advocates for the traditional latin mass has appealed to pope francis to protect it from those "within the church, includi...

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UN's rights chief sounds alarm over Tigray

united nations high commissioner for human rights michelle bachelet at the human rights council on june 21, 2021 in geneva. (fabrice coffrin...

New Survivor Reference Panel for Catholic Church in England and Wales

nazir afzal, the former crown prosecutor who leads the catholic safeguarding standards agency (undated file photo)   the church in engl...