Catholic News

Muslims and non-religious outpaced Christian growth from 2010-2020, reports Pew

the number of muslims in the world and the number of people who do not have a religious affiliation both grew faster than the number of chri...
The Catholic Herald

Mount Sinai: why the West must wake up to the erasure of Christianity in the Middle East

the last few decades have been terrible for christians in the levant and wider middle east. the iraq war and the rise of islamic state and a...
Alexander Stafford MP

Lebanese Church thrives against all odds maintaining 1,600-year link with Rome

when i recently visited lebanon with aid to the church in need (acn), i expected to find a suffering church. instead, i encountered a vibran...
Amy Balog

'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