Catholic News

Special report: Pilgrimage industry on its knees in Holy Land

navigating the old city of jerusalem is usually a challenge. the narrow, labyrinthine streets are typically crowded with pilgrims and touris...

Corpus Christi Sunday: Pope Francis tells Catholics to be ‘pieces of bread' and rebuild what hatred destroys

rome – on sunday’s liturgical solemnity of corpus christi, pope francis said god’s presence in the eucharist is a reminder of his presence i...

Jesus’s body needed to be broken by the soldier’s lance

“then moses took the blood and cast it towards the people.” (exodus 24:8) in sunday’s first reading, moses threw the blood of the sacrificed...

Fr David Howell

Dashboard confessional: Infuriated in Wales by an incompetent health service and petty traffic regulations

as i write, a measles outbreak has been declared in south east wales where i live. four people, apparently, have been diagnosed with measles...

Olenka Hamilton

'Kentish Camino' launched in recognition of women who helped pioneer Christianity in ancient England

a camino-type walk has been launched in the uk to highlight the royal women who pioneered christianity in the county of kent fourteen centur...

Vatican issues apology on Pope’s behalf over offence caused by reports of ‘faggotry’ slang use

after reports circulated internationally about pope francis appearing to use a crude italian slang term to refer to homosexuality in catholi...

Pope uses 'crude' Italian slang to criticise gay culture in seminaries

the vatican’s pr machine has swung into action following reports that the pope used a crude slang term in reference to the prevalence of hom...

The simplest doctrine in the world?: Explaining the Trinity doesn’t have to be difficult

ask a catholic priest which sunday is the most daunting one to preach on, then there’s a good chance he’ll say trinity sunday. there are two...

Fr Robert Verrill OP

Should Catholics worry about having an atheist prime minister?

i dare say that few british catholic herald readers are atheists. a number won’t vote labour. but even some of those who do will recoil at t...

Vatican publishes new norms for vetting private revelations

rome – the vatican today rolled out a new expedited procedure for vetting alleged marian apparitions or other spiritual phenomenon, ruling t...