Catholic News

The Vatican reaches out to Silicon Valley

the holy father is anything but a techie. he admits to not knowing how to use a computer and encourages parents to forbid smartphones at the...

Michael Warren Davis

How technology is enabling religious persecution

it was late last year, and i was witnessing a new form of religious persecution. in front of me, millions of tweets had been turned into met...

Diary: The day Hillary Clinton went to a Traditional Latin Mass

recently i stepped inside fisher house, home of the cambridge university catholic chaplaincy, for a pre-lenten day of recollection. the last...

Why Duterte both insults and defends priests

rodrigo duterte is arguably the most anti-clerical head of state in the world today. since he was sworn in as president in june 2016, he has...

Trevor Gardiner

The French Church after Cardinal Barbarin

the conviction of lyon’s archbishop, cardinal philippe barbarin, by a french court on march 7 for failing to report alleged sexual abuse by ...

This assisted suicide poll has become a right royal shambles

four doctors last week applied to the high court (pictured) for a judicial review of the way a survey into assisted suicide was carried out ...

News round-up: from Montreal to Melbourne

montreal quebec oratory to receive $110m makeover st joseph’s oratory in montreal is to have a $110 million (£63 million) makeover. the dome...

The week in quotations

"mobile phones are like having satan stashed away in your pockets when you come to church" archbishop sebastian shaw of lahore recommends fa...

The best of the web: Talk Talk, Lenten realities and plagiarism

a pop star who was ‘versed in christ’ at the imaginative conservative , bradley birzer paid tribute to mark hollis, the recently deceased si...

Overlooked: Pope clarifies 'diversity of religions' comment

what happened? pope francis has clarified a remark about religious diversity. last month, the pope signed a joint statement saying that “the...