Ed Condon, Author at Catholic Herald

Ed Condon

Yes, the Order of Malta is Catholic. That doesn’t legitimise this Vatican inquiry

January 09, 2017

Unless the Pope formally abrogates the Order's rights, no Vatican department can investigate the Order – and certainly not the Secretariat of State

A Vatican inquiry into the Order of Malta? Legally speaking, this makes no sense

January 05, 2017

The Order of Malta, like the Vatican, is a sovereign body. For one to investigate the other is simply incoherent

The Pope’s abortion comments have provoked confusion. The Curia could have avoided this

November 22, 2016

The furore caused by Misericordia et Misera is a damning indictment of those surrounding the Pope

Our ‘lesser of two evils’ politics has become unbearable

November 14, 2016

Many of us voted through gritted teeth. We need to invest our time and effort on building an alternative

America is splitting in two after Trump’s victory – the Catholic Church must bring people back together

November 09, 2016

The failure of both political parties presents Church leaders with a unique opportunity to speak for the concerns of Americans

A purge in the Vatican’s liturgy department? Not quite

October 29, 2016

Some of the new names will raise eyebrows, but this isn't the coup some believe it to be

Catholics are being forced out of Iraq and Syria. The Pope’s new reform could help them

September 15, 2016

Large communities of Eastern Catholics have left their homes. This motu proprio will help preserve their culture

Will the Vatican’s new dicastery stand up for the unborn?

September 01, 2016

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development has easily the most political portfolio in the curia

American Dream

August 25, 2016

In America, the sister Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter is rapidly establishing itself as an active and growing part of the Church. Where timidity continues to be a soft but tangible barrier to ordinariate growth in England and Wales, US bishops and dioceses (and indeed the Ordinariate itself) have adopted a “Give it

There can be no doubt that Fr Jacques Hamel died a martyr’s death

July 27, 2016

The Church today is living in a time of saints, and of martyrs, and I suspect we shall see rather more of both in the coming weeks and years

There’s a good reason that annulments in India now have no legal force

July 07, 2016

India's Supreme Court has made technical bigamists of Catholics who have remarried after an annulment. But it has not acted unreasonably

The problem isn’t invalid marriages – it’s our reluctance to present Church teaching

June 17, 2016

Pope Francis was perhaps hyperbolic. But marriage preparation shows real failings to resist the 'culture of impermanence'

← 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 8 →

Sorry, no search matching search results found. Please try again.