Special Reports

Our free will may seem obvious, but philosophers and scientists challenge it

it’s my decision – or is it? this month, i’ve decided to write about free will. i could have chosen to write about other topics, and if you ...
Fr Robert Verrill OP

Half of the world's population live in countries with religious persecution, says report

more than half of the global population lives in a country in which people are persecuted for their religious beliefs, according to the 2023...
CNA Staff

The abortion lobby is to blame for baby Lily Foster's death

anyone still doubting whether slopes are in fact slippery either hasn’t been for a walk around colley hill in february or has failed to noti...
Katherine Bennett

Hexham and Newcastle bishop showed poor leadership and put children at risk, report finds

the catholic church's child protection agency has severely criticised the former bishop of hexham for putting children at risk by promoting ...
Simon Caldwell

Pakistan to hang Christian for 'blasphemous' WhatsApp images sent by Muslim

a court in pakistan has sentenced a christian to death after he received cartoons of mohammad, the founder of islam, in a whatsapp chat mess...
Simon Caldwell

Islamists kill 55,000 Nigerian Christians in 14 years

islamic militants in nigeria have killed almost 55,000 christians in the last 14 years, a new report has said. since the boko haram insurgen...
Simon Caldwell

New report on end-of-life care exposes euthanasia by another name

as a physician who has followed the issue of “end of life” pathways closely over the last 15 years, the contents of the report “when end-of-...
The Catholic Herald

The miracle of Jesus’s conception

science has attempted to explain it, but ties itself in knots. on march 25, we celebrate the feast of the annunciation, also known as the fe...
Fr Robert Verrill OP

EXCLUSIVE interview: Bishop Barron, the face of the modern Church?

bishop robert barron reaches a huge online audience with his word on fire ministry. what’s his secret, asks melanie mcdonagh there aren’t, f...
Melanie McDonagh

John P Meier: Catholic biblical scholar of rigour

when fr john p meier died in october 2022, the world lost a renowned catholic biblical scholar – whose ambitious, multi-volume project, a ma...
Nick Ripatrazone