Catholic News

World's oldest bishop dies aged 104

Archbishop Gerety led campaigns against legalised abortion and defended conscientious objectors during the Vietnam War
Catholic News Service

New Jersey bishops speak out against 'deceptive' abortion ad campaign

Bishops commission their own pro-life advertising campaign in response to abortion advocacy group
Catholic News Service

Pakistani Christian jailed for blasphemy over Facebook like

The boy reportedly 'liked' a picture of a holy Islamic site in Mecca on the social networking site
Associated Press

Violence is now the 'American way', says Archbishop of Philadelphia

A shooting spree in west Philadelphia on Friday left the assailant and a member of the public dead
Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 21/09/16

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

Mexican prosecutor says two murdered priests knew their attackers

Parishioners reject claims Fr Alejo Nabor Jimenez and Fr Alfredo Suarez de la Cruz had been drinking with their killers
Associated Press

Eight Christians killed leaving church as violence escalates in Nigeria

Analysts are warning that a leadership struggle among Islamist groups could lead to more killings
Associated Press

Two priests found dead after being kidnapped in Mexico

Fr Alejo Nabor Jimenez Juarez and Fr Jose Alfredo Juarez de la Cruz were dragged at gunpoint out of a church in Poza Rica
Associated Press

Mexico: The world’s most dangerous place to be a priest

Dozens of priests have either died or vanished without trace in the country in the past 25 years
Tim MacGabhann

Morning Catholic must-reads: 20/09/16

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