Catholic News

Why the Angolan government is closing hundreds of churches

up to 1,000 churches of various denominations have been shut down by authorities in angola, on the western coast of africa. a new law determ...
Filipe D'Avillez

The incoherent campaign against John Finnis

last week was a busy one in the secular west’s confrontation with its christian heritage. in amsterdam, the free university summoned piet de...
Dan Hitchens

World news

los angeles catholic actor recalls being fired for refusing sex scenes catholic actor neal mcdonough has described being fired from the tele...
Staff writers

The Pope's Romania trip could send a message to the Orthodox world

the vatican added a new papal trip to an already packed 2019 calendar last week. it confirmed that pope francis will visit romania from may ...
The Catholic Herald

‘Unfathomable’ Wuerl forgot allegations, McCarrick accuser says

the man who made a 2004 accusation of misconduct against archbishop theodore mccarrick said wednesday he is in disbelief after cardinal dona...
Ed Condon/CNA

Bishop Egan: Britain in 'amazing political mess' over Brexit

britain is in an "amazing political mess" over brexit, an english bishop said. bishop philip egan of portsmouth voiced his opinion on twitte...
Simon Caldwell

Morning Catholic must-reads: 17/01/19

cardinal donald wuerl will not celebrate the annual mass for life in washington, dc, tomorrow. the syro-malabar catholic church is preparing...
Luke Coppen

Poll: 75 per cent of Americans want 'substantial' abortion limits

an annual us poll has found that 75 percent of respondents want "substantial" restrictions on abortion access even as more than half of resp...
Catholic News Service

Duterte open to dialogue with bishops after suggesting Filipinos kill them

a government spokesman said philippine president rodrigo duterte is open to dialogue with the country’s bishops, after the president recentl...
Catholic News Agency

Lori announces whistleblower system for allegations against Baltimore bishops

the archdiocese of baltimore introduced tuesday a third-party system for reporting allegations of abuse or misconduct against its archbishop...
Catholic News Agency