Catholic News

Morning Catholic must-reads: 28/01/19

the pope has told young people that they are “the now of god” at the closing mass of world youth day ( full text , full video ). the first n...

Ordaining female deacons would gravely damage the Church

you might be forgiven for thinking that the last thing that the church needs right now is more confusion, more doubt and more argument over ...

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Morning Catholic must-reads: 25/01/19

pope francis has urged central american bishops not to “stand aloof” from their flocks. the pope has reportedly named cardinal juan luis cip...

Does travel narrow the mind?

"i feel european,” says jeremy clarkson, the presenter of amazon’s the grand tour, in an interview with the daily beast website a few days a...

Heretic of the week: Mary Baker Eddy

mary baker eddy (1821-1910) was born in bow, new hampshire, and raised in a calvinist household. the nascent intellectual in mary rebelled a...

Charles Coulombe

The Word this Week

third sunday of the year neh 8:2-6 & 8-10; 1 cor 12:12-30; lk 1:1-4 & 4:14-21 (year c) ‘the law of the lord is perfect, it revives t...

Bishop David McGough

How everyone failed the Covington boys

to the boys of covington catholic high school: many of you are still reeling from the trauma of the past few days. some of you are no doubt ...

Why I had to cross the Tiber

on the morning of january 1, 2019, my family and i began a new life in the catholic church. at mass for the solemnity of mary, mother of god...

Andrew Petiprin

St Bernadette, a medallion and the miraculous saving of a soul

this is a true story, the details set out as accurately as knowledge and memory permit peter was born in thurso, the most northerly town on ...

This year’s March for Life was a success, not that you'd know that from the media

the 46th march for life (m4l) brought an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 marchers to washington to demonstrate for the legal prohibition of abo...