Vatican News

How the Israel Folau case is dividing Australia – and the Church

not a day passes in australia without hearing the latest in the saga of israel folau, the sporting superstar sacked by rugby australia (ra) ...
Natasha Marsh

Putin's unlikely friend

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

Diary: Hunting for headless martyrs in Paris

my first visit to paris, when i was 17, was with my school, st clare’s hall. our group included a dozen french students and four very rowdy ...
Cristina Odone

Why don't Catholics listen to bishops on immigration?

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

The best of the web: Hilary Mantel, a brave father, and Salvini

how st thomas more lost his reputation the iona institute published a talk it recently hosted, by richard rex, professor of reformation hist...
Staff writers

The week ahead: Sea Sunday, Crystal Cathedral, Carmelite Comeback

this sunday, july 14, is sea sunday in britain, a day when christians pray for seafarers. the catholic charity apostleship of the sea has re...
Staff writers

Overlooked: Viganò alleges Vatican scandal 'surpassing McCarrick'

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

What's stopping Pope Francis going to Moscow?

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

How Nagasaki's Catholics survived persecution and the bomb

ashort walk from the entrance of urakami cathedral in nagasaki there is a boulder that’s big enough to seat one person. to anyone walking by...
Shaun McAfee

The Catholic school that would make Socrates proud

thank god for homeschoolers. as america’s public school system continues to collapse, and even parochial schools grow more expensive as they...
Michael Warren Davis