Catholic News

Morning Catholic must-reads: 29/04/19

“the wounds of jesus are a treasure from which mercy comes,” pope francis said at yesterday's regina caeli ( full text , full video ). the p...
Luke Coppen

Chilean bishops fear new measure would threaten confessional seal

chilean bishops have said that while they support legislation requiring priests and religious authorities to report crimes, they also fear t...
Junno Arocho Esteves

French cigarette smokers: We didn’t start Notre-Dame fire

sure, smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, low birth rates, strokes, and arthritis. but smoking didn’t cause the april 15 fire at the ...
Catholic News Agency

Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/04/19

argentine bishop enrique angelelli will be beatified tomorrow . the french bishops have issued a new document on the foundations of catholic...
Luke Coppen

Letters & emails

make confession available again sir – i would like to endorse the comments made by dr holly ordway (letter, april 12) on the subject of the ...
The Catholic Herald

St Paul VI's other earth-shaking encyclical

sent to proclaim the gospels by jim mcmanus cssr, redemptorist publications, 164pp, £12.99/$15 pope paul vi’s great encyclical on evangelisa...
Fr Denis Blackledge SJ

A fresco to guide us through these dark times

on the first easter morning, christ’s followers were mourning, and his despairing apostles hid in a locked room. the broken and bloodied cor...
Michele Bregande

Biden, Buttigieg and the challenge for today's Church

pete buttigieg, the democratic presidential candidate and flavour of the month, offers america “generational leadership” – and i’m finally o...
Tim Stanley

To stop persecution, put conditions on aid

while the civilised world looks on in horror the sultan of brunei proclaims that homosexuals can be stoned. the cries of outrage and calls f...
Ann Widdecombe

Why you can't always rely on papal transcripts

there was a pretty big stink in certain quarters earlier this month over some very selective editing of off-the-cuff remarks pope francis ma...
Christopher R. Altieri