Catholic News

Raphael tapestries travel to London for Pope's visit

V&A will display Sistine Chapel masterworks
The Catholic Herald

New cardinals likely to be named

Pope Benedict expected to call a consistory
The Catholic Herald

'Bloody' Mary is the most unfairly treated woman in British history

Visitors from the 1550s would be baffled by the way Henry VIII’s eldest child is portrayed today
Ed West

Chávez threatens to review concordat with Holy See

Venezuelan president in war of words with Caracas cardinal
The Catholic Herald

Vatican issues revised abuse norms

Mgr Charles Scicluna presents revisions to the media
The Catholic Herald

Archbishop defends tough penalty for women's ordination

Archbishop Wuerl of Washington: upgrading of punishment is not a sign of disrespect towards women
Nancy Frazier OBrien

Morning Catholic must-reads: 16/07/10

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

To the outside world, the Vatican has lumped together child abuse and the ordination of women

There is a great deal of good in these new norms. If only the Vatican had issued two separate documents
Anna Arco

Vatican makes it easier to punish abusive priests

New norms also strengthen penalty for attempting to ordain women as clergy
John Thavis

Diocese promotes Cause of campaigner for racial equality

Mgr Bernard Quinn founded Brooklyn's first church for black Catholics
The Catholic Herald