Catholic News

The Week in Review

the big story ✣ manifesto launch puts spotlight on abortion what happened? britain’s political parties have released their manifestos, ahead...

The Catholic Herald

World news: from Boston to Bangui

peoria, illinois archbishop sheen beatification date announced archbishop fulton sheen will be beatified on december 21, the diocese of peor...

The Catholic Herald

The new ideology of gender has tragic effects in hundreds of families

it seems unthinkable to us today, but for centuries parents allowed their young sons to be sexually mutilated before puberty if they seemed ...

Chick-fil-A chickens out of the culture war

it’s been a tough year for conservatives who hope to have champions in the world of business and entertainment. it began with taylor swift, ...

The Stasi didn’t need penal camps to stifle Christianity

god’s spies by elisabeth braw, eerdmans, 288pp, £20/$25 the stasi, the ministerium für staatssicherheit (ministry for state security), exist...

Allan Mallinson

The new president of the US bishops has a broad appeal

archbishop josé gómez of los angeles was elected president of the united states conference of catholic bishops (usccb) at the bishops’ gener...

Confessional secrecy could be under threat. It must be defended

the seal of confession has long been a matter of public controversy. but catholics, especially priests, have shown a remarkable solidarity i...

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

The murder of a priest raises fears for Syria's Christians

violence this month in syria has raised the spectre of renewed islamist persecution against christians, especially in the north-east&nb...

Rob Flello: The Lib Dems deselected me - but they can't make me conform

it’s not quite the 200th anniversary of the roman catholic relief act of 1829, but it seems we’re almost back to the days when a catholic co...

World news: from Santiago to Stoke-on-Trent

washington, dc paid family leave high on the agenda, says ivanka trump us politicians are moving towards giving increased support to familie...