Catholic News

It's no accident that California attacked the sacrament of forgiveness

the president of the united states has never asked god for forgiveness . our social media mobs never grant it. america seems to have given u...

Matthew Schmitz

Pope sends mixed message to divided German Church

in march, cardinal reinhard marx announced that the german bishops had agreed to embark on a “binding synodal process” that would address th...

Anian Christoph Wimmer

Why Pope Francis swiftly approved Fulton Sheen's beatification

the big news from the congregation for the causes of saints this past week was, of course, that pope francis has approved a miracle attribut...

Christopher R. Altieri

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 ...