Catholic News

Critics keep announcing the Church's imminent demise. If only they realised that numbers have doubled since 1970 – and are still rising

Philip Jenkins

✣   mother teresa is proclaimed a saint what happened? applause erupted in st peter’s square as pope francis canonised mother teresa on...

Staff writers

✣   highlights from the week online officials 'rejected' saint mother teresa was “rejected” by the northern irish church hierarchy, acc...

Staff writers

the archdiocese of southwark has hit the halfway mark in its campaign to raise £4.5 million for retired and sick clergy. the clergy support ...

Staff writers

pope francis hailed mother teresa as a “tireless worker of mercy” as he proclaimed her a saint on sunday. despite the formality of the occas...

Staff writers

last week, as the bodies of alleged drug dealers piled up on the streets of the philippines, the nation’s leading churchman finally broke hi...

Madeleine Teahan

even though the catholic church continues to grow worldwide, the latest annual report from the german bishops’ conference makes grim reading...

Jon Anderson

in many parts of the world, it’s difficult to feel optimistic about the future of the catholic church. some years ago, the american physical...

Philip Jenkins

at around 9pm on saturday september 1, 1666, london baker thomas farriner went to bed after a day making dry biscuits for the royal navy. fa...

Ed West

it is 80 years since the outbreak of the spanish civil war, a conflict which, according to george orwell, provided “a richer crop of lies th...

Daniel Kearney