Catholic News

‘Why on earth didn’t they ask us?’ The churches where Pokémon Go is a nuisance

A backlash has begun – but it's the manufacturers, not the players, who are being blamed
Dan Hitchens

Bangladeshi Catholic editor flees country in fear of her life

Rosaline Costa had faced harassment and threats – when she went to police they would not even file a report
Catholic News Service

Philippines Church 'powerless' to stop extrajudicial killings, says official

'The Church cannot do anything now. Only those who started these bloodbaths can stop it'
Catholic News Service

Catholic gymnast Simone Biles wins Olympic gold and is going for more

The gymnastics star has revealed that she carries a white rosary in her gym bag
Staff Reporter

Preaching the Gospel should be our priority - not bickering about deaconesses

The Church needs a better response to the Sunni-Shia war and and global poverty
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Security to be tightened at Lourdes for feast of the Assumption

The increase in security measures comes after a spate of Islamist attacks in France
Staff Reporter

Westminster Cathedral to be floodlit in red to highlight plight of persecuted Middle East Christians

'If every parish in the country did the same it might at last wake up our political classes to the scale of the suffering,' Aid to the Church in Need has said
Staff Reporter

Morning Catholic must-reads: 10/08/16

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

US raise concerns over extrajudicial killings in Philippines

A crackdown on drug-related crime has left more than 400 suspected dealers dead since President Duterte took office in June
Associated Press

Morning Catholic must-reads: 09/08/16

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