Holy See

Ousted Knights of Malta official takes his case to court

Albrecht von Boeselager has filed an appeal against his suspension with an internal tribunal
Associated Press

The big story of the past seven days

✣  cardinal müller: correction of the pope is unlikely what happened? the vatican’s doctrinal chief, cardinal gerhard müller, has said ...
Staff writers

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online is 2017 the year for a vatican-china deal? negotiations between the holy see and china “are on cour...
Staff writers

Bishop: foreign priests keep my diocese going

foreign priests are keeping the churches in wales open, according to the bishop of wrexham. “the diocese is becoming increasingly dependent ...
Staff writers

The Vatican clamps down on ‘fake news’

last week the vatican issued a peculiar clarification: spokesman greg burke denied that the pope had called for islam and christianity to “m...
Madeleine Teahan

Gisela Stuart: Leavers and Remainers unite!

last june the british people reflected on their membership of the european union, and on a turnout of 72 per cent decided by a clear majorit...
Gisela Stuart

The knights who won’t retreat

the sovereign military order of malta is one of the more improbable success stories of the 21st-century church. founded in 1099 to provide h...
Dan Hitchens

A diplomatic tussle with serious consequences

while the sovereign military order of malta may no longer be military or govern the island of malta, it remains a truly sovereign entity and...
Ed Condon

Mary Kenny: We’ll never wipe out loneliness

yet another report tells us that loneliness in britain today is almost at “epidemic” proportions. according to age uk, half a million people...
Mary Kenny

Comments of the Week

the day i gave 364 people a decent burial sir – robert ian williams (letter, december 23) asks what provision the church makes for the respe...
The Catholic Herald