Catholic News

Where was the best singing over Christmas?

christmas is a time when people want to hear a decent choir, and it’s the time when decent choirs sweep by the coachload into london for the...
Michael White

The genius of Richard John Neuhaus

richard john neuhaus, who died 10 years ago this week, was a master of words who was mastered by the word. whether he was speaking at anti-w...
Matthew Schmitz

Japan shows us the worrying consequences of falling birth rates

this november the bbc reported on a dramatic study, published by the lancet, which told us that falls in the fertility rate of nearly half o...
Quentin de la Bedoyere

A newspaper has apologised for claiming a bishop denied Mary’s virginity

the bishop of oporto caused an international outcry last month after appearing to deny the virgin birth. bishop manuel linda appeared alongs...
Filipe D'Avillez

Senior Democrats attack the Knights of Columbus. Is a culture war brewing?

it’s difficult to think of an organisation more representative of mainstream catholicism than the knights of columbus. called the “strong ri...
Michael Warren Davis

Is the British Government finally taking anti-Christian persecution seriously?

"do you know what some people call us?” theresa may famously demanded of her fellow conservatives in 2002. “the nasty party.” shedding the p...
Simon Caldwell

World news

fort collins, colorado priest gives $1 million to university a 77-year-old priest is donating nearly $1 million (£788,000) to fund a profess...
Staff writers

We should applaud the British Government for focusing on anti-Christian persecution

on christmas day, the british government announced that it had ordered an independent review into the persecution of christians worldwide. t...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Tagle at Black Nazarene celebration: Be a devotee, not a fanatic

cardinal luis tagle of manila told pilgrims at a popular annual procession in the philippines to take caution against becoming “fanatics,” s...
Catholic News Agency

Human rights court to hear case of Belgian euthanasia for depression

the european court of human rights has announced that it will take up a case considering whether belgium wrongly allowed a woman to be eutha...
Catholic News Agency