Life

Can Japan's tiny Catholic minority survive country's secularisation and low birth rate?

in the broad daylight of a turbulent history, catholicism in japan faces two new challenges, as i learned on a recent visit to the country: ...
John Cookson

A very American narrative: The rise of JD Vance that brought him to tonight's vice-presidential debate

with jd vance and tim walz, the us republican and democratic candidates for vice-president, going head-to-head tonight on tuesday 1 october ...
William Cash

Boarding school ends 200 years of Catholicism to rebrand as ‘Christian’ and attract pupils

a boarding school has ended its centuries-long relationship with the catholic church in order to reposition itself as a christian school in ...
The Catholic Herald

Christian teacher sacked for Facebook posts on LGBT classes heads to Law Courts for landmark freedom of conscience trial

a teacher who claims she was sacked over her christian beliefs regarding teaching lgbt-related issues to young children is going to the...
James Jeffrey

Spiritual retreat precedes three-years-in-the-making Synod climax

after three years of discussion, debate and, at times, division, the concluding act of pope francis’s synod of bishops on synodality kicks o...
Crux Staff

Pope brushes off feminist fury over praise for 'politician with pants'

on board the papal plane – pope francis has brushed aside criticism of his rhetoric on women during his weekend trip to belgium, insisting t...
Elise Allen

Women priests activists disrupt papal Mass

brussels – pope francis closed his visit to belgium on sunday with the beatification of spanish nun and missionary anne of jesus, telling ca...
Elise Allen

Pope drops in on Belgian homeless

brussels – pope francis has made an unannounced visit to a parish in brussels where he met with members of the local homeless population and...
Elise Allen

Survival of 4-year-old after life support switched off raises ‘challenging questions’ over court interventions

the remarkable survival of a 4-year-old boy who was expected to die shortly after his life support was removed has not only “confounded” med...
James Jeffrey

Churches in southern Lebanon open doors to those displaced by Israeli airstrikes

christian churches in lebanon have opened their doors to those seeking refuge from the devastating impact of ongoing military action as the ...
The Catholic Herald