Europe

Sainthood cause progress for mum who refused cancer treatment to save unborn child

rome – the sainthood cause of an italian mother who refused cancer treatment to save her unborn child is to move forward after completing it...
The Catholic Herald

The decline and fall of marriage - the last days

somewhere in my distant memory i recall how about 20 years ago an agitated young man in the audience of tv politics show asked oona king, th...
Simon Caldwell

Sunak on assisted suicide: British PM is willing to sacrifice most vulnerable to assuage middle-class fears of death

the world of politics can sometimes be a matter of life and death, as well as being about promoting different versions of a standard of livi...
Gavin Ashenden

UK Prime Minister comes out in favour of assisted dying

both leaders of the uk’s two largest political parties have now indicated that they personally do not oppose assisted dying, given recent re...
The Catholic Herald

Recent discoveries highlight important role indigenous music played in Jesuits’ famous missionary zeal

the jesuits are renowned as hardened missionaries, establishing substantial missions in the likes of south america and the far east during p...
johnsloboda

US bishops must re-commit themselves to 'Eucharistic revival'

new york – in an address to more or less open the first public session of the u.s. bishops’ conference spring general assembly on june 13, c...
John Lavenburg

Ancient ruins, including mosaic floors, found near Vatican media office during construction for Jubilee

ruins from the roman empire have been discovered in piazza pia, the street in front of the vatican media office - formerly vatican radio - d...
Crux Staff

Who was the so-called 'poet of the locusts' and chronicler of devastation behind the Book of Joel?

we know very little about joel, the son of petuel. since there are no chronological indications in his writings, scholars have great difficu...
Fr Francesco Patton

With UEFA Championship about to kickoff, Spain and Croatia remind us that sport isn't severed from Catholicism entirely

the 2024 uefa european championships will kick off on 14 june. taking place in germany, the month-long tournament will feature 24 teams from...
AnthonyRodrigues

Right-wing shift in European elections could both hinder and help Pope’s agenda

less than a week after pope francis called on people to recognise migrants as “a living image of god’s people on their way to the eternal ho...
John L Allen