So, the parents in this gospel who sought a blessing from Jesus weren’t being emotional but hard-headedly pragmatic: their aim was to secure a return on their investment, namely, the safe arrival of ...

Of course, the question of evidence is important. After all, of the 300 million people with access to apparently safe ...

Church leaders have warned Sir Keir Starmer that plans to introduce assisted dying will put vulnerable people at risk.

Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals on Sunday, including five bishops of Latin American dioceses and three east Asian bishops ...

He told synod members that the possibility of restoring the female diaconate remains an open question, but “rushing to a decision on it would short-circuit the necessary discernment on the question ...

A charity dedicated to helping vulnerable children worldwide is among those promoting this week’s International Day of the ...

Pope Francis criticised the “shameful inability of the international community and powerful countries to put an end to the war”.

Dominican priest Father Timothy Radcliffe OP is among 21 new cardinals to be created by Pope Francis at a consistory on 8 ...

In the People of God’s slow traipse along the bumpy path of salvation history there have been occasional flickers of something approaching a visible step forward (or backward). Will we look back ...

In addition to Williams’ execution in Missouri, Freddie Owens was executed in South Carolina on 20 September, despite the ...

Pope Francis told delegates at the Synod of Synodality that a bishop’s ministry requires cooperation with the laity.

The Pope expelled 10 people from a Catholic movement in Peru for “sadism and violence” and other forms of abuse ...