Holy See

Pope refuses to take sides in Senator Durbin award controversy

Instead the Pope stressed that the Church’s pro-life witness must extend beyond the abortion debate
The Catholic Herald

Senator Durbin rejects cardinal's award after outcry from US Church

The honour was to recognise the senator’s work on immigration reform and his support for migrants, causes that Cardinal Blase Cupich describes as urgently needed in today’s society
Niwa Limbu

The Catholic Church cannot ordain women: the Church is divine – and divinity doesn’t ‘adapt’  

Better to be called obstinate than to surrender the sacraments. Better to scandalise polite opinion than to mutilate what has been entrusted by God himself. Better to be decried as old-fashioned than to cease to be Catholic
Samantha Smith

Musical supremo John Gilhooly discusses his life, work and faith in Britain and Ireland

The artistic director of London's famous Wigmore Hall discusses how sacred music gets to parts of the psyche that rational argument doesn't reach, how 'it's easier to be a Catholic in Britain than in Ireland', and much more
Melanie McDonagh

Students create covert contraceptive supply system in defiance of Catholic university ban

Students at the largest Catholic university in the US have launched a covert contraception network after administrators shut down their Planned Parenthood-affiliated group.
The Catholic Herald

No peace in our time

Lucien de Guise reviews ‘Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum’ at the Barbican, a timely and unsettling exhibition exploring fragility, violence, and the human form.
Lucien de Guise

British archbishop calls out UN over silence on Christian persecution

Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, Archbishop Paul Gallagher accused world leaders of ignoring the plight of persecuted Christians, warning that over 360 million believers face violence or discrimination.
Thomas Edwards

Archbishop Longley appointed to Vatican dicastery role

the holy see has announced the appointment of archbishop bernard longley of birmingham as a consultor to the commission for religious relati...
Niwa Limbu

Pope to name Newman Doctor of the Church on All Saints’ Day

Pope Leo XIV will confer the title of Doctor of the Church on St John Henry Newman on 1 November, marking the first such declaration of his pontificate and affirming Newman’s lasting influence on Catholic theology and education.
The Catholic Herald

Traditional Latin Mass to cease at Brooklyn parish

The Diocese of Brooklyn has ordered the cessation of the Traditional Latin Mass at St Cecilia Church, ending one of New York’s best-known celebrations of the older rite.
The Catholic Herald