On Thursday, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) released a handbook designed to help dioceses and religious orders follow Church guidelines on handling allegations of clerical sexual abuse of minors. The 17-page document does not alter current canon law but instead provides those charged with authority over clergy, the Ordinary or Hierarch,

Although battlefields are part of history, history is itself a battlefield. The liberal-minded West forgot that, hence the shock now felt as statues are tipped into the sea and memorials defaced by left-wing ideologues and mobs. Nations that experienced communism, however, never enjoyed the luxury of a neutral historical understanding. The Party sought to erase

If, a decade ago, you had asked me what it was like to be a young Catholic in Croatia, I’d have been a bit puzzled. In the small town up north where I grew up, there was no strong Catholic community – faith was perceived as old, out of touch and inadequate. In Croatia, it

When 19-year-old Courtney told her family that she had been called to religious life, they were, in her words, “not the happiest”. “They think I’m throwing out my potential for a really successful career,” she tells the Catholic Herald. It’s a big undertaking, particularly for a young woman in the 21st century. In addition to

A German archdiocese is pressing ahead with plans to dramatically reduce the number of its parishes despite the Vatican’s decision to block a similar plan in another diocese

National news media cannot ignore intolerance against Catholics, the Ancient Order of Hibernians has said