Catholic News

'We respect the rule of law': bishop welcomes court ruling on Trump's refugee ban

The federal appeals court has upheld a temporary suspension of the travel ban

Catholic News Service

Population control activists to speak at the Vatican

Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb, and John Bongaarts of the Population Council will speak at a conference later this month

Madeleine Teahan

In times of stress I write notes to St Joseph, says Pope Francis

The Pope told religious superiors that prayer, not tranquillisers, helped give him a sense of peace

The unseen Paul VI: an introvert who wore chains beneath his robes

History will judge Blessed Paul kindly, for his courage and his deep prayerfulness

Francis Phillips

Latin Patriarchate says new Israeli settlement law 'further eliminates hopes of peace'

Holy Land Church warns of 'serious consequences' of law passed by Israeli Knesset this week

Judith Sudilovsky

Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/02/17

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

Cardinal Pell clashes with Greens amid row over abuse inquiry

The party has an 'anti-religion agenda', Cardinal Pell's spokesman says after it demanded he return to Australia

Madeleine Teahan

Harry Mount: The recipe for genius - keeping busy

one of david hockney’s favourite quotations is from tchaikovsky – “inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.” the quote...

Iraqi archbishop to help ISIS victims go home

archbishop bashar warda of erbil has unveiled plans to provide a future for iraq’s displaced christians – despite fresh reports showing the ...

Breakthrough in communist Vietnam

an american archbishop has joined his counterparts in vietnam to mark the opening of the first college-level catholic school in the country ...