Catholic News

World news: from Manaus to Mutemwa

wheeling, west virginia bishop bransfield warnings missed church leaders missed warnings about the alleged financial misconduct of bishop mi...

The best of the web: Hilary Mantel, a brave father, and Salvini

how st thomas more lost his reputation the iona institute published a talk it recently hosted, by richard rex, professor of reformation hist...

The big story: Report calls for sanctions on persecutors of Christians

what happened? the british government should consider imposing sanctions on countries that persecute christians, and adopt a definition of a...

Prize crossword 0600

cryptic across 5 city of macedonia in amos philip rebuilt (10) 7 jerahmeel’s significant other one sailor’s taken to hospital (6) 8 mix-up s...

In Christ we find a tenderness beyond our imagining

fourteenth sunday of the year is 66:10-14; gal 6:14-18; lk 10:1-12 & 17-20 (year c) "rejoice for jerusalem. rejoice for her, all you who...

Bishop David McGough

Letters & emails

the wrong way to seek priestly vocations sir – the article by michael warren davis (us news analysis, june 28) concerning ordinations to the...

The Catholic Herald

Force of habit: Why men's religious orders have bounced back

forty years ago, many thought there was no future for men’s religious orders in britain. i remember someone confidently announcing, back in ...

The Patriarch who is trying to hold his country together

in an age when catholic leaders across the world are calling on governments to welcome migrants, patriarch bechara boutros al-rahi stands ou...

Why on earth did Eritrea shut down Catholic health clinics?

the eritrean government has seized and shut down all the country’s catholic-run health centres in apparent retaliation for eritrea’s bishops...

How do abortifacients affect mental health? We still don't know

women should be no more reluctant to terminate a pregnancy than they should be to have their wisdom teeth removed. that is the conclusion on...

Michael Warren Davis