Vatican official raided over London property deal investigation
Vatican authorities have seized documents and computers belonging to a senior curial official as part of an investigation into financial misconduct
Cardinal denies use of charity money for London property deal
Cardinal Becciu has denied allegations that money earmarked for helping the poor was used to invest in a London property deal
First Mass since Reformation to be held in Swiss cathedral
The first Catholic Mass in nearly five hundred years will be celebrated at a cathedral in Geneva later this month
New Hong Kong bishop to be announced within weeks
Fr Peter Choy Wai-man is expected to be appointed as the new bishop
Priest with brain tumor ’embraces it willingly’ for victims of clerical abuse
Fr John Hollowell said he wants to offer up each day of his recovery, chemotherapy, and radiation for victims of clerical abuse
In new series, Pope Francis offers insights on the Nicene Creed
An Italian television station has released the first in an eight part series of interviews featuring reflections from Pope Francis on the Nicene Creed
McCarrick gave $1 million to scandal-hit religious order
Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick was a major donor to a religious community whose founder was found guilty of sexual misconduct
500 years later, Raphael tapestries rehung in Sistine Chapel
Five hundred years after the death of Renaissance artist Raphael, the Vatican Museums has returned the tapestries he designed to their original place in the Sistine Chapel for just one week
Pope Francis requires year of missionary work for future Vatican diplomat priests
Pope Francis has requested that priests in formation for the Holy See’s diplomatic service be required to spend one year in missionary work
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McCarrick was a ‘devourer of souls,’ former priest secretary tells parish
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What the Pope’s Amazon document actually says
Pope Francis has a lot to say – but none of it on the subjects journalists were expecting
Is this Pope Francis’s ‘Paul VI moment’?
After ‘Querida Amazonia’, liberal activists are starting to realize that Francis may not give them all they want
No mention of priestly celibacy in Amazon synod exhortation
The document does not rule on married priests or on female deacons – but it also rules nothing out
A future patron saint of troubled marriages?
Elisabeth Leseur endured years of mockery at the hands of her atheist husband yet never lost her faith
It’s all about power… ‘British Baroque’ at Tate Britain
The curators’ aim was ‘to marry the art with the profound changes happening in Britain’. So how well did they succeed?
Why this Ugandan archbishop is forbidding Communion in the hand
Archbishop Lwanga rightly wants to move the souls of his people to celebrate the Eucharist in a way which conforms to the reality of Christ Crucified
Wanted: A news writer for the Catholic Herald
Experience is helpful, but less important than a clear prose style, energy, initiative and a sense for news
Why Catholics don’t need ‘mindfulness’
Francis Phillips reviews a lucid and readable explanation of St Ignatius’ 14 ‘rules’ for discerning good and bad spirits
Where modern marriage is going wrong
Selfishness, anger, controlling behaviour, emotional distance. How can couples overcome these pitfalls?
Brexit is more than just a populist revolt against globalism
The people of the United Kingdom who voted to leave the European Union have rejected a false spiritual vision
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How Bernie Sanders is dividing Catholic opinion
The Church may have less to fear from ‘radical’ presidential candidates than ‘moderate’ ones
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