Pope Francis

the international union for the conservation of nature has several categories to define the danger of extinction that various species face t...

Fr Benedict Kiely

one of the marvels of the current parade of curious and dubious figures on the world stage is that american president donald trump is accuse...

Fr Raymond de Souza

in march, cardinal reinhard marx announced that the german bishops had agreed to embark on a “binding synodal process” that would address th...

Anian Christoph Wimmer

pope francis and donald trump make little effort to conceal their disagreements. during the 2016 us presidential election, francis suggested...

Michael Warren Davis

the big news from the congregation for the causes of saints this past week was, of course, that pope francis has approved a miracle attribut...

Christopher R. Altieri

wheeling, west virginia bishop bransfield warnings missed church leaders missed warnings about the alleged financial misconduct of bishop mi...

Staff writers

what happened? archbishop carlo maria viganò has made new allegations against senior vatican officials. the former vatican nuncio to the uni...

Staff writers

there is one man who always keeps the holy father waiting. three times in a row now he has arrived conspicuously late for a private audience...

The Catholic Herald

the five categories of papal knighthood are, in descending rank, the supreme order of christ, the order of the golden spur, the order of piu...

The Catholic Herald

fourteenth sunday of the year is 66:10-14; gal 6:14-18; lk 10:1-12 & 17-20 (year c) "rejoice for jerusalem. rejoice for her, all you who...

Bishop David McGough