Catholic News

'Controlling desire': the Ozempic weight-loss craze and its effect on contraception

last week, the guardian’s curiously-titled health and inequalities correspondent reported that the medicines and healthcare products regulat...
Anthony McCarthy

Catholics urged to protest to MPs over hijack of Bill to allow abortion up to birth

the archbishop of liverpool has urged catholics to write to their mps to oppose hijacking amendments to a government bill to allow abortion ...
Simon Caldwell

Nigeria's bishops demand end to jihadi violence after 100 die in fresh attacks

catholic bishops in nigeria have renewed their demands for an end to the killing of christians in the country, saying there is “no justifica...
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Biden-era FBI misled Congress over Catholic surveillance, documents reveal

newly released documents have confirmed that the fbi’s surveillance of traditionalist catholic communities was more extensive than previousl...
Thomas Edwards

The liturgy that built the West: Cosima Gillhammer’s illuminating new book

cosima gillhammer’s new book about the liturgy may well foster a renewed appreciation for what has, for many, become routine; light on darkn...
Max Lau

Will Gaudí the genius become Gaudí the saint?

on 14 april, the late pope francis declared the catalan architect antoni gaudí a venerable servant of god, recognising his heroic virtues. i...
Benjamin Ivry

Why put obstacles in the way of couples who wish to have children?

the two-child benefit cap has been in the news a lot lately. since reform said it should be scrapped so as to make it easier for people to h...
Portia Berry-Kilby

Switzerland’s largest Catholic women’s group drops ‘Catholic’ from name

the swiss catholic women’s federation (skf) has voted to remove the word “catholic” from its name. the group, which with 100,000 members is ...
The Catholic Herald

Future of Mount Sinai monastery cast into doubt by Egyptian court

a recent decision by an egyptian court regarding ownership rights for the famous greek orthodox monastery at the foot of mount sinai has gen...
The Catholic Herald

Australia's Archbishop Fisher: ‘second spring’ of faith blooming against a ‘fragmented world’

archbishop anthony fisher of the archdiocese of sydney has spoken about how a revival of the catholic faith is spreading across australia an...
The Catholic Herald