Catholic News

Men's brains aren't wired to notice housework

it’s considered now to be a major cause of inequality between men and women, and a prime factor in the “gender imbalance” of society. that i...

The JPII Institute purge is a sign of weakness, not strength

it’s the beginning of the end for amoris laetitia, the document of pope francis on the family which attempted to change the church...

Fr Raymond de Souza

What every Catholic should know about the Eucharist

what does the catechism of the catholic church teach? it teaches that it is by the conversion of the bread and wine into christ’s body and b...

Fr Dwight Longenecker

Half of US Catholics think the Eucharist is only symbolic. How did this happen?

a news item last week reminded me of a story about the writer flannery o’connor. in one of her letters collected in the habit of being she d...

Fr Dwight Longenecker

Diary: The weekend I nearly died of embarrassment

this weekend, i nearly died of embarrassment – literally. i was making my way down to bullslaughter bay, a remote pembrokeshire beach, with ...

What does the rise of Boris mean for Catholics?

that boris johnson has become the first baptised catholic to occupy 10 downing street might suggest that god has a sharper sense of humour t...

The JPII Institute has been plunged into an identity crisis

whichever view one takes of the changes to the pontifical john paul ii institute for studies on marriage and the family, now styled the pont...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Medellín to Medjugorje

salem, oregon governor relaxes assisted suicide safeguard oregon, the first state to introduce assisted suicide, has loosened the rules arou...

The week ahead: Mercy bus, knights' convention, and cakes

the mercy bus is returning to the streets of scotland. the bus, which offers confession and spiritual guidance, has received 400 passengers ...

Overlooked: Vatican sources raise alarm over financial mysteries

what happened? the financial irregularities which cardinal george pell tried to resolve have persisted, according to sources who spoke ...