Europe

Dutch Adrian: the Pope nobody wanted

after the death of pope leo x on 1 december 1521, the papal conclave witnessed opposing factions of french and spanish cardinals deadlocked ...

Report falsely accuses Croat Catholic champion of persecuted Christians of 'Islamophobia'

a catholic politician has objected to her inclusion in a report on islamophobia in europe, saying that it is based on “false accusations.” m...

Pope Francis declares St. Irenaeus ‘Doctor of Unity’

pope francis on friday officially declared st. irenaeus of lyon as the 37th doctor of the church, with the title “doctor unitatis” (“doctor ...

Not taking a shine to Catholicism

closing soon in paris is the most recent rendezvous for the west’s occasional romance with the islamic world. ‘cartier and islamic art: in s...

Lucien de Guise

Former government minister to stand trial in Finland for tweeting verse from Bible

a former government minister facing jail after tweeting a bible verse said that her trial next week will be a test of religious freedom. päi...

German bishop protests snub at complaint about gender-neutral language in synodal documents

a catholic bishop has criticised leaders of germany’s “synodal way” for delaying a debate on gender-neutral language. in a jan. 7 open lette...

Catholic parish asks faithful not to attend Mass unless they have Covid vaccine

a parish in nottingham has asked catholics not to attend mass if they are “not vaccinated and/or won’t wear a mask.” the parish of the holy ...

Luke Coppen CNA

Twenty-two missionaries murdered in 2021, reveals Vatican in annual report

twenty-two catholic missionaries were killed around the world in 2021, half of them in africa, according to a report released by the fides n...

Dickens has been proved wrong about the festive season

if charles dickens had combined his own capacity for overwrought emotional fantasy with h.g. wells’s talent for speculative fiction,  a...

Unwelcome alteration

there is a folk history of the reformation in england which goes roughly as follows: in the years immediately before the break with rome, th...