Catholic News

What the convictions of two cardinals tell us about the abuse crisis

two senior churchmen have been convicted of criminal wrongdoing in secular jurisdictions, in connection with the ongoing crisis of clerical ...
Christopher R. Altieri

Second London council bans pro-life activity outside abortion clinic

a council in london has approved an exclusion zone around an abortion clinic, making it the second local authority in the uk to take action ...
Catholic News Service

Pope Francis: Abuse revelations are purifying the Church

god is purifying his church through the painful revelations of the abuse scandals, so do not be discouraged, pope francis said on thursday i...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

How bad is the current crisis? Look to Church history

last week my brother went to a meeting with fellow parishioners and the local bishop to talk about the parishioners’ dismay at the convictio...
Francis Phillips

Morning Catholic must-reads: 08/03/19

cardinal gerhard müller has described critics of his “manifesto of faith” as “political strategists and theological ignoramuses” . police ha...
Luke Coppen

Is playing sport really a spiritual practice?

ways to go beyond and why they work by rupert sheldrake coronet, 336pp, £20/$25 to be a scientist in modern times has generally meant being ...
Michael White

Letters & emails

why i will not leave the church sir – i was received into the church, as a convert, in 1980, was ordained deacon in southwark archdiocese in...
The Catholic Herald

The tangled roots of modern anti-Semitism

most of us, i would think, have watched in dismay at the spectre of anti-semitism which seems to be haunting the labour party. it is truly a...
Mary Kenny

Is there any stopping the surrogacy revolution?

one way to keep up with the state of progressive thought is to browse the new releases from verso books. this year they promise titles such ...
Ben Sixsmith

The beautiful witness of the Eastern Catholic Churches

the coal country of north-eastern pennsylvania is full of depressed small towns which have been losing population for decades. today, if the...
Jon Anderson