Catholic News

The Bishop of Harrisburg was right to publish the names of clergy accused of abuse

All dioceses should follow Bishop Gainer's lead

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Varadkar: I'll push Pope on accepting same-sex families

Irish ministers are stepping their criticisms of Church teaching ahead of the World Meeting of Families

The Catechism and the death penalty: are Catholics right to be worried?

This wouldn't be the first time a pope has been in tension with Catholic teaching

Congolese Catholics urge cardinal to run for president

Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya said he has 'other things to do'

Belgium's euthanasia nightmare

As children are put to death, Belgium's experience shows the 'slippery slope' is real

The war-torn region the Church wouldn't leave

The Religious in the Nuba Mountains, southern Sudan, were ordered to evacuate by their bishop. Seven years on, their mission continues

Catholic News Service

US Church should consider hiring outside investigator over McCarrick claims, bishop says

Prayers and apologies are 'necessary, but not sufficient', Bishop Doherty said

Why 'Uncle Ted' didn't want to be called a father

The Archbishop's easygoing persona was a social strategy – and a theological stance

Matthew Schmitz

Who is England's next saint?

Nuns, priests, a journalist and a certain cardinal are all in the running for canonisation

The big story of the past seven days

✣ pope accepts cardinal mccarrick’s resignation what happened? pope francis accepted the resignation from the college of cardinals of theodo...