5+ hour, 12+ min ago  (355+ words) The guilty plea entered by Peter Murrell on May 25 has naturally generated intense political debate. Questions will continue to be asked about money, accountability and who knew what within the upper ranks of the Scottish National Party. Yet beyond the…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (420+ words) A new report from the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, has concluded that profound cultural changes regarding sex, marriage and family formation " rather than declining wages among working-class men " are the primary reason for the sharp fall in American marriage…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (407+ words) Cardinal Kevin Farrell has said priests must find ways of reaching families who no longer come to Mass, warning that the transmission of faith in the home is weaker than in previous generations and is contributing to a sharp fall…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (726+ words) The Catholic Herald Catholic weddings in Ireland down by half in 10 years The number of Catholic marriages in Ireland has halved in just 10 years according to a new study, marking the latest milestone in the decline of Catholicism on the…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (608+ words) The Catholic Herald Pope calls bishops" conference presidents to Rome for marriage summit Pope Leo XIV has convened presidents of bishops" conferences from around the world on April 30 for an October summit in Rome to address the global crisis in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (344+ words) This week Pope Leo, on a flight back from Equatorial Guinea, told reporters that "we tend to think that when the Church is talking about morality, that the only issue of morality is sexual. And in reality, I believe there…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (276+ words) Pope Leo XIV has moved to shut down expectations that the Church might expand its approach to the blessing of same-sex couples, insisting that the Holy See does not support any formal blessing of such unions and warning that further…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (488+ words) The Catholic Herald Two novices take first vows with SSPX Sisters in Argentina Two novices have taken their first religious vows with the Sisters of the Society of Saint Pius X in Argentina, marking a milestone for the traditionalist religious…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (854+ words) Bishop Johan Bonny of Antwerp has defended his intention to ordain married men as priests in the Latin rite, saying that support for such a move is widespread among bishops in Western Europe and known within the Roman Curia. In…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (339+ words) The Catholic Herald The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has published a new document on the Anglican Ordinariate patrimony within the Catholic Church, signalling approval within Rome. The text, formally titled Characteristics of the Anglican Heritage as Lived…...