Europe

Mediterranean mission

the holy father is nothing if not peripatetic. three weeks after the papal visit to mongolia, he faces a very different challenge with a vis...
The Catholic Herald

Help the youth spread the Word

the holy spirit sometimes works in mysterious ways, but during world youth day in lisbon the fruits of the spirit were manifest in cheerfuln...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Burke drops bombshell on Synod of 'ideology' and 'schism'

rome - cardinal gerhard müller has called it a “hostile takeover” of the catholic church. the late cardinal george pell termed it a “toxic n...
Diana Montagna

Letby murders are far from 'unthinkable' in a world which celebrates abortion

it’s a bit late to be worrying about the polar ice caps melting when the ground under our feet was lost years ago.  a nation that ...
Katherine Bennett

Listening to whom? Time to hear from those affected by easily-abused anti-blasphemy laws

rome – in just a little over a month, the curtain will rise on a keenly anticipated synod of bishops on synodality in rome. though notorious...
John L Allen

Man arrested after threatening to detonate explosives at the Vatican

rome – a 53-year-old whose identity has not been divulged was arrested on friday after leading police on a long chase through rome, which en...
Crux Staff

The Lancet's misguided invocation of Gramsci

earlier this year,  the   lancet , a 200-year-old medical journal, carried an editorial entitled, “we must engage in a war of posi...
Anthony McCarthy

A deeply-loved bon viveur and deathbed convert: Augustin Hochschild, 1965-2023

it was friday march 17, and the portuguese mountain rain had been falling from the heavens all morning on our 60-mile walking pilgrimage to ...
William Cash

Russian Orthodox bishop thanks Francis for his "support of the Ukrainian people"

lisbon – during a meeting with interreligious leaders on friday morning in lisbon, pope francis spoke to a russian orthodox bishop who voice...
Elise Ann Allen

Priests must play soccer, not preach dogma, says Pope in broadside against traditionalists

rome – pope francis has attacked the “corruption” of restorationist movements within the church and said the second vatican council has not ...
Crux Staff