Special Reports

Mysteries of the hidden oratory

very few secret catholic chapels from the 16th century have been identified in england – fewer, indeed, than the “priest holes’”(properly ca...

Francis Young and Brigitte Webster

Tackling modern slavery head on

modern slavery exists somewhere in the supply chain of every company in britain today, according to peter hugh smith, ceo of investment firm...

Olenka Hamilton

Fighting for victims

nazir afzal is the new head of the cssa, the church’s safeguarding body, a role he took on only recently. he’s a muslim: it was a widely wel...

Melanie McDonagh

Pope Francis orders investigation of Cologne Archdiocese

pope francis has called on cardinal anders arborelius of stockholm and bishop johannes van den hende of rotterdam to undertake an apostolic ...

The Seven False Pillars of the Case for Euthanasia

campaigners for euthanasia will not go away. earlier this month, a department of health spokesperson said matt hancock, the health secretary...

Anthony Cole and John Duddington

Pope allows Polish Bishop to resign following Vos estis investigation

bishop jan tyrawa by krzysztof mizera -- own work -- cc by-sa 4.0   pope francis on thursday accepted the resignation of jan tyrawa, th...

Bishop-elect Shot in South Sudan

bishop-elect christian carlassare, mcci, file photo courtesy of fr. carlassare. armed intruders shot the bishop-elect of rumbek, south sudan...

Hungary’s family values

hungary’s family policy is one of the most generous in europe but liberal opponents of the country’s controversial pm, viktor orban, don’t g...

Melanie McDonagh

Elderly priest in India denied bail a second time

-- mumbai, india -- a special indian court on monday rejected the bail application of jesuit priest fr stan swamy sj, who was arrested by th...

Bankruptcy judge rules Buffalo diocese will not pay for retired bishops’ lawyers

buffalo, n.y., mar 9, 2021 / 04:41 pm mt (cna).- a bankruptcy judge ruled this month that the diocese of buffalo has “no obligation” to reta...