Europe

Only Jesus offers us a glorified body, not transhumanism and visions of a technological human future

the season of lent in which we find ourselves once more is a time to prepare for easter, the high point of the liturgical year in which we c...
Fr Robert Verrill OP

Labour leader Keir Starmer ‘commits’ to assisted suicide vote if Prime Minister

the leader of the uk's labour party has stated his personal commitment to changing the law on assisted suicide and promised to bring forward...
Simon Caldwell

Cardinal Parolin backs Pope over Ukraine and negotiation, citing 'real' risks of nuclear escalation

rome – vatican secretary of state italian cardinal pietro parolin has defended pope francis’s recent remarks suggesting that ukraine step ba...
Elise Allen

Irish Establishment's denigration of Christian heritage receives first rebuttal through overwhelming referendum defeat

“the irish bishops can still win an election.” a friend of mine said this to me as the results of the two irish referendums on the family am...
Dubhaltach O Reachtnin

Northern Ireland's evangelical Catholics reveal a ‘more varied and complex’ religious situation

the significant number of evangelical catholics in northern ireland stands out in a recent survey conducted for the  evangelical allian...
DeclanMcSweeney

Pope’s blessings for 'same-sex couples' definitively sink ecumenical dialogue with Copts

one of the most influential oriental orthodox churches has suspended theological dialogue with the catholic church and reaffirmed its opposi...
The Catholic Herald

Euthanasia deaths in Belgium reach record high

deaths by euthanasia in belgium have hit a record high, new government figures have revealed. the number of people dying by a lethal injecti...
Simon Caldwell

Italian Catholics reverting to ancient Roman gods, seers and sorcerers

a startling number of lapsed catholics in italy are reverting to the deities of ancient rome and turning to pagan seers, astrologers and psy...
DrJulesGomes

France becomes first country in world to make abortion a constitutional right

france has chosen to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right, thereby becoming the only country in the world to use its most fundamental...
The Catholic Herald

The Seven Deadly Sins: A noon-day demon with a complicated past

sloth has its origins in acedia, a greek word little used in classical times but, when deployed, usually implying some sort of carelessness ...
Alexander Murray