Catholic News

Diary: Italians now prefer pets to children

charles moore’s third volume on the life of margaret thatcher is published next month, and the iron lady’s fans are in a frenzy. this gigant...

The extraordinary heroism of Burundi's modern martyrs

at 5am on april 30, 1997, rebels attacked the minor seminary of buta in the diocese of bururi and ordered those inside to separate along eth...

Francis Njuguna

Fasting and Ember Days: Bishops revive traditional practices in wake of abuse crisis

the revelation of sexual misconduct by the former cardinal theodore mccarrick (pictured) and other clerics has prompted some diocesan bishop...

St Thérèse's relics are drawing thousands across Scotland

tens of thousands of people have turned out to pray before the relics of st thérèse of lisieux in a predictably enthusiastic response to the...

World News: from Suárez to South Brisbane

washington, dc pro-lifers condemn sanders’s population comments pro-life activists have condemned senator bernie sanders for remarks which ...

The week in quotations

"the love of the lord has more to do with raising up than knocking down" pope francis in mozambique meeting young people "i prayed and asked...

Overlooked: Vatican 'faces severe financial crisis'

what happened? the vatican is facing a financial crisis thanks to “persistent inefficiencies and hits to investment income”, according to th...

Heretic of the week: Miguel de Molinos

miguel de molinos (1628-1696) was a spanish priest renowned as the founder of the quietist heresy. trained at a jesuit school and ordained i...

Charles Coulombe

The Amazon fires are a good metaphor for today's Church

the media is full of apocalyptic news of fires in the “lungs” of the world and discussion of the bleak future we face if this unprecedented ...

Fr Dominic Allain

Does anyone know how to end religious violence?

confronting religious violence edited by richard a burridge and jonathan sacks scm press, 280pp, £25/$29.95 how do you solve a problem like ...

Jonathan Wright