Catholic News

Morning Catholic must-reads: 03/05/19

an archbishop has said that “christians are being killed like chickens” in northwestern nigeria. sunday masses have been cancelled again in ...

Could Catholic adoption agencies be declared illegal?

yet another city’s catholic adoption agencies were forced to shut down last week, this time in pennsylvania, where a federal judge ruled tha...

Prize Crossword 0591

cryptic across 6 how the angel appeared to end maria’s torment? (2,1,5) 8 staggering move to gain influence (4) 9 close, and familiar with k...

Sir Roger and the clash of cultures

i went last weekend to the inaugural buckingham history festival. it was held by the university of buckingham, under the aegis of its vice-c...

David Oldroyd-Bolt

The men who stopped Bonnie and Clyde

they’re young, they’re in love, and they kill people.” that was the famous tag-line for arthur penn’s bonnie and clyde (1967), as unforgetta...

Life under ISIS: Raqqa's Christians tell their story

the churches of raqqa lie in ruins following the defeat of isis. but remarkably the city’s christian community has survived. before the syri...

Do you have hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia means a fear of long words. i can cope with sesquipedalian, which means containing long words, because i...

Quentin de la Bedoyere

Is it time for new tests on the Turin Shroud?

scientists are calling for fresh tests on the turin shroud after a paper challenged a previous finding that it dated from the middle ages. t...

World News: From La Rioja to Lagos

washington dc project launches to tackle abuse crisis a new initiative has been launched at the catholic university of america with the goal...

Overlooked: Dozens of priests refused entry to Britain

what happened? dozens of priests have been blocked from entering britain in the last five years, a times investigation has found. ten of the...