Pope Francis

The jury’s still out

sometimes it seems as if there are only two kinds of catholics: those who believe in medjugorje and those who don’t. the first rush off to b...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣   pope canonises two children who saw mary what happened? pope francis has canonised two shepherd children who saw mary at fatima on ...

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✣ highlights from the week online emmanuel macron: catholique zombie? catholic news agency asked whether france’s new president emmanuel mac...

Cardinal: Church still ‘obstinate’ on marriage

cardinal vincent nichols, the president of the bishops’ conference of england and wales, has said the church will continue to be “obstinate”...

Nigerian archbishop appointed nuncio to Ireland

pope francis has appointed nigerian archbishop jude thaddeus okolo as apostolic nuncio to ireland. archbishop okolo is the first african to ...

Bishops: vote on Brexit, migrants and the family

the bishops of england and wales have issued guidance for the forthcoming general election, urging catholics to question candidates on issue...

Fatima seers become youngest non-martyr saints

pope francis said that our lady of fatima did not appear “so that we could see her”, but as a warning against a “godless” way of life, as he...

Kidnapped priest pleads for help

indian salesian fr tom uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped in yemen more than a year ago, has pleaded in a video message for the indian government...

News in brief

ghana bishops praise new mining policy the bishops’ conference of ghana has praised the government’s crackdown on illegal mining. hundreds o...

China’s Catholics long for new era of healing

when china’s last empire, the qing dynasty, ended in 1911, christianity there entered what many scholars call the “golden age” of the missio...

Anthony E Clark