Catholic News

US bishops join Mexican colleagues in denouncing 'Santa Muerte'

Catholics have been urged to avoid honouring the folk 'saint'
Associated Press

Pope laments plight of child soldiers fighting in Congo

The Pope was speaking days after the UN voiced concern about deadly violence in the country
Associated Press

Vietnam-born priest offers to swap US citizenship to allow refugee in

Fr Chuong Hoai Nguyen is a refugee-turned-US citizen
Catholic News Service

Michael Novak, noted theologian, philosopher and author, dies at 83

Novak wrote more than 50 books andwas highly regarded for his religious scholarship
Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 20/02/17

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

If Catholics are not faithful to doctrine, we will face Anglican-style divisions

Those proposing change have not shown how it can be reconciled with Scripture, Tradition and the Magisterium
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Migrants aren't a danger to Europe but a 'challenge to grow', says Pope Francis

Francis made the comments during a trip to the Roma Tre university
Associated Press

Possible 2017 release for Terrence Malick film on Catholic martyred by the Nazis

Radegund tells the story of Blessed Franz Jägerstätter
Staff Reporter

Pakistani Catholics now living in the US describe flight from persecution

They fled their home in the middle of the night after militants demanded they convert to Islam
Joyce Duriga

Coptic Christian teacher shot dead in Egypt

Gamal Tawfiq, 50, was shot in the head by two militants on a motorbike who followed him as he walked from home to work
Associated Press