Pope Francis

Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf contemplates diaconate after conversion to Catholic faith

hollywood movie star shia labeouf is contemplating whether to become a deacon after his recent reception into the catholic church. the trans...
Simon Caldwell

Vatican issues ‘clarification’ on same-sex blessings amid Fiducia Supplicans backlash

rome – less than a month after issuing an instruction outlining the reasoning and method for giving non-liturgical blessings to same-sex cou...
Elise Allen

Fijian archbishop echoes Pope's warnings about dehumanising impact of Artificial Intelligence

the catholic church in fiji has called on fijians to be mindful of the potentially negative effects of artificial intelligence. archbishop p...
Crux Staff

Catholicism and the corrida: a response

the catholic church must sever its ties with bullfighting, argues fr terry martin. pope francis famously wrote in laudato si’ that “every ac...
Fr Terry Martin

One of the Herald’s chaplains answers your questions: Tackling religious ‘myths’

our daughter, felicity, is starting year 9. she is really good at science and wants to be an engineer. getting her to mass hasn’t been easy ...
The Catholic Herald

Irish-born Los Angeles bishop among 20 'missionaries' who died violently in 2023

a total of 20 missionaries – including an irish-born american bishop – died violently in the service of the faith during 2023, according to ...
Simon Caldwell

Don’t give up on the Church – and certainly not because of Fiducia Supplicans

christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat and a lot of catholics are arguing after the release of  fiducia supplicans . welcome to ...
Katherine Bennett

Turkey votes for Christmas

…or at least its president seems to, explains lucien de guise . there was a glimmer of hope in the miasma of the middle east after the hamas...
Lucien de Guise

Fiducia Supplicans: an exercise in smoke and mirrors, where spin becomes substance and appearance reality

st john henry newman once considered the possibility of the crisis that would emerge if a church council or a pope introduced a doctrine tha...
Gavin Ashenden

Who would choose to be a Catholic at a time like this?

the phoney war is over. civil war has been launched within the church by pope francis and his recent appointee cardinal victor fernandez.&nb...
Gavin Ashenden