Catholic News

Madonna begs Pope Leo to visit Gaza 'before it’s too late'

The US pop phenomenon, who was born and raised Catholic, has called on the Pope to intervene and 'bring your light to the children'
The Catholic Herald

Vatican upholds ban on New Zealand religious order approved by Pope Benedict XVI  

The Holy See has 'rejected in its entirety' the appeal lodged by the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, whose priests and brothers were told to leave the diocese in July 2024
Niwa Limbu

Why I quit UK politics to try and become a Catholic priest

The Covid pandemic was perhaps the moment when I began to think seriously about it. As we came out of lockdown and picked up the pieces of pre-pandemic life, this sense of needing to make a change came back strongly
James Somerville-Meikle

Parish priest arrested during Palestine Action protest in London

The Carmelite cleric set out to show support for the activist organisation designated a terrorist group by the UK government and 'determined' to be arrested.
Niwa Limbu

Vox party leader lashes out at Spain's bishops for 'weakness' and 'silence'

Santiago Abascal has criticised the country’s bishops of being 'muzzled' by a combination of government grants and fallout from the Church’s sexual abuse crisis
The Catholic Herald

Bid to overturn US same-sex marriage ruling heads to Supreme Court

on 26 june 2015, the us supreme court ruled in obergefell v hodges that the fourteenth amendment required states to license and recognise sa...
The Catholic Herald

Bishop of Syracuse becomes parish priest for three churches amid priest shortage

on 1 august, bishop douglas j. lucia, 62, of syracuse took up the pastorate of three churches in baldwinsville, new york — st augustine’s, s...
The Catholic Herald

Diocese of Charlotte backs secular school’s right to expel over sex education challenge

the diocese of charlotte has entered a high-profile legal dispute over a private school’s expulsion of pupils whose parents challenged its c...
The Catholic Herald

Vatican grants paid paternity leave in new family rights decree

on 11 august, the holy see published a rescript granting vatican city state employees expanded family rights, including paternity leave, spe...
The Catholic Herald

Murder probe in Diocese of Down and Connor after attack on parish priest

a man has been found dead in county down, northern ireland, in the diocese of down and connor. the incident is believed to be linked to a br...
The Catholic Herald