Special Reports

Nun arrested over alleged links to Italy's most powerful mafia gang, the 'Ndrangheta

a catholic nun has been arrested by italian police on suspicion of assisting a mafia network. one of a group of 25 people arrested in the po...
The Catholic Herald

‘There are no safeguards’: palliative-care expert Ilora Finlay on the many dangers of assisted suicide Bill

if there is one woman who has transformed the debate in britain on assisted suicide, it is ilora finlay. when campaigners for it talk about ...
Melanie McDonagh

Balaclava-clad protestors 'guard' Catholic Church forcing Loyalist march to re-route

a groups of masked protestors "guarded" st. alphonsus catholic church in glasgow on saturday, forcing a loyalist remembrance day march to re...
Thomas Edwards

Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria

yaoundé, cameroon – another catholic priest has been kidnapped in nigeria. fr emmanuel azubuike, parish priest of st theresa in the okigwe d...
Ngala Chimtom

US election proved bad night for pro-life movement with seven states adopting pro-abortion ballots

while abortion was metaphorically on the ballot cross the entire united states this presidential election campaign, abortion rights were als...
The Catholic Herald

The other side of ‘assisted dying’: What does it do to doctors who perform it?

how does it feel to provide “assisted dying” to people, in a place where this is legal? some enjoy the experience, it would appear; indeed, ...
Anthony McCarthy

Christian mother of four sentenced to death for 'blasphemous' WhatsApp messages in Pakistan

a mother of four has been sentenced to death in pakistan for sharing allegedly blasphemous messages on whatsapp. legal advocates, supported ...
The Catholic Herald

Scandal-struck diocese making 'significant' safeguarding progress, says watchdog

the agency which oversees safeguarding in the catholic church as reported “significant progress” in standards in the diocese of hexham and n...
The Catholic Herald

Gay marriage and surrogacy: Purchasing children and eradicating society

the family courts have found themselves being asked to adjudicate the question of whether a homosexual couple who have bought a child from a...
Gavin Ashenden

Wolfgang Smith (1930-2024): Physicist, mathematician and philosopher who helped people make better sense of the world

the catholic physicist, mathematician and philosopher wolfgang smith died in july. as a physicist, smith laid the theoretical foundations fo...
Fr Robert Verrill OP