Catholic News

Kidnapped priest pleads for help in new video

Fr Chito was kidnapped by Islamist militants last Tuesday along with at least a dozen worshippers and church workers
Staff Reporter

Canadian prime minister Trudeau says he asked Pope to apologise for residential schools

Trudeau told reporters he invited the pope to go to Canada "in the coming years," but added no further details about such a trip
Catholic News Service

Polish prime minister's son to celebrate first Mass

On the feast of Pentecost, he will celebrate Mass in the Extraordinary Form
Staff Reporter

Morning Catholic must-reads: 29/05/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen

ISIS claims responsibility for massacre of Coptic Christians in Egypt

Hours after Friday's attack, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi announced that Egypt had launched airstrikes against militant training bases in Libya
Associated Press

Coptic Christians massacred by gunmen in Egypt

Reports say 26 Coptic pilgrims were killed while travelling to a monastery
Associated Press

ISIS-linked militants 'threaten to behead priest and churchgoers'

The Philippines Islamists reportedly warned a bishop they would kill their hostages unless the military called off its offensive
Staff Reporter

Morning Catholic must-reads: 26/05/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church
Luke Coppen

First Swedish bishop since the Reformation to be made a cardinal

Cardinal-designate Anders Arborelius said the appointment showed that even tiny groups of Catholics were important
Carol Glatz

After Manchester, Christians cannot turn a blind eye to evil

'Cowardly acquiescence is not the love of peace,' Dietrich von Hildebrand writes
Francis Phillips