Europe

Saturday Read: The young priest who would not abandon his flock

The life and death of Blessed János Brenner reveal the quiet courage of a young priest whose fidelity to his vocation outlasted the regime that sought to silence him

Belfast gripped by unrest after knife attack by Sudanese refugee

The riots were supported by both Protestant and Catholic groups who increasingly put aside their historical enmity

Embryos found in suitcase of man detained in Cyprus airport

A 24-year-old man was remanded after police allegedly found four human embryos in his luggage at Tymbou airport

The Catholic Herald

Spanish far Left criticises Pope Leo’s address

Pope Leo XIV defended life from conception, the seal of confession and Spain’s Catholic patrimony in a speech to parliamentarians

What the Sturgeon-Murrell story reveals about modern marriage

At the heart of the Sturgeon-Murrell story lies not only a political scandal, but a cultural question about what marriage is for

Michael J Robinson

Abbot stands firm in Transylvania

The head of Oradea’s Norbertine community says a dispute over Church property has become a test of religious freedom in modern Romania

Arrests made at protest outside Paris church used for LGBT activist’s art installation

Catholic campaigners objected to a secular art installation inside the historic Paris church

Diocese of Malaga hosts ‘Revolt’ calling for women’s ordination

A feminist group has called on Pope Leo XIV to address what it describes as discrimination against women in the Church

French MPs drop bid to breach seal of confession

A clause that would have compelled priests to report information received in confession was withdrawn from a bill on school violence and child protection

Former Jesuit superior calls for more women in church leadership roles

The former German Jesuit provincial argues that women remain too restricted in Church leadership