Holy See

From Washington to Rome, heresy accusations are back

on the evening of may 24 last year, 2,000 left-leaning christians gathered for a candlelit vigil outside the white house. the group’s leader...
Dan Hitchens

What next for the College of Cardinals?

there’s been lots of chatter over the past few weeks about a consistory for the creation of new cardinals. as of this writing, nothing has b...
Christopher R. Altieri

The Big Story: Academics accuse the Pope of heresy

what happened? a group of academics and priests have accused pope francis of committing the canonical crime of heresy. the group, which incl...
The Catholic Herald

In praise of Eucharistic Prayer I

as a new catholic, i know i have been naïve about a number of things. one of them was assuming that at mass at most churches on any given su...
Andrew Petiprin

Places, people and ancient instability

st mark the evangelist by serena fass, filament publishing (distributed by aid to the church in need uk), 315pp, £25/$30 serena fass is a re...
Lucien de Guise

Look closely and you can find the saints in Shakespeare

when most of us think of shakespeare we don’t immediately connect him with the saints. we might think of the play sir thomas more, on which ...
Joseph Pearce

World News: From San Cristobal to Kochi

los angeles attorney general investigates church’s record on abuse california attorney general xavier becerra has opened an investigation in...
Staff writers

Why power has shifted in the classroom

it is in the nature of things that the pendulum should swing. it’s even in the nature of things that the pendulum, when seeking to correct a...
Mary Kenny

Vatican issues norms for reports of abuse of minors, seminarians, and religious

new vatican norms for the church’s handling of sex abuse, issued thursday, place seminarians and religious coerced into sexual activity thro...
Catholic News Agency

After Vatican-China deal, Chinese bishop imprisoned for 23 years is not yet released

the nephew of a chinese bishop who was arrested 23 years ago has said he does not know where his uncle is incarcerated, or even whether he i...
Catholic News Agency