Catholic News

Morning Catholic must-reads: 27/05/19

we must free ourselves from “worldly bonds” and listen with docility to the word of the lord, pope francis said at yesterday’s regina caeli ...
Luke Coppen

How China's technological controls keep Christians under constant surveillance

as the 30th anniversary of the tiananmen square protests approaches, the chinese communist party is utilizing authoritarian tactics old and ...
Courtney Grogan/CNA

Georgetown Visitation alumnae respond to 'heartbreaking betrayal'

former students of georgetown visitation preparatory school have published an open letter challenging a recent decision they say undermines ...
Ed Condon/CNA

Morning Catholic must-reads: 24/05/19

cardinal luis antonio tagle has been re-elected president of caritas internationalis . the rwandan church has rejected calls to expel clergy...
Luke Coppen

Abolishing the priesthood would tear the heart out of the Church

a year ago, there appeared in the national catholic reporter an account of a catholic men’s gathering at cape cod, which the periodical said...
Sohrab Ahmari

Banning sport on Sunday isn't a 'war on athletics'

archbishop allen vigneron issued a new policy last week banning sports games and practices on sundays in catholic schools in the archdiocese...
Jordan Bloom

Germany's 'church strike' puts its bishops in an awkward position

a women’s strike led by a dissident catholic group has sparked actions across germany. the maria 2.0 group, which uses an image of the bless...
Jon Anderson

Letters & emails

why women cannot be ordained sir – i wonder why matthew schmitz (comment, may 17) did not give your readers the reason why pope st john paul...
The Catholic Herald

Forget Mrs May's politics: her situation surely commands compassion

if the political soothsayers are correct, theresa may is in the dying days of her stewardship of 10 downing street. whether or not you agree...
Mary Kenny

Father Hesburgh's flawed legacy

a picture is worth a lifetime of words. so it is with the famous photograph from 1964 taken at a civil rights rally at soldier field in chic...
Fr Raymond de Souza