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May 2018

May 09, 2018

Abuse case: 'crap' sentences imposed on two Catholic friars

Pennsylvanian Franciscan friars Robert D’Aversa, 70, left, and Anthony Criscitelli, 63, have each been fined...

May 09, 2018

Glitzy Catholic fashion event in US attacked from all sides

On Monday night New York Metropolitan Museum of Art's 70th Met Gala made Catholic fashion...

May 08, 2018

Fashion magazine GQ disses Bible, annoys Catholic writer

Last month GQ took a swipe at some of the world's best known books, saying...

May 06, 2018

Papal bone fragment needs a home. Where would you put it?

Please don't say toss it in the trash because that has already happened – which...

May 02, 2018

Bavaria orders crosses to be displayed on all state buildings

In a moment of sheer lunacy, the government of Bavaria recently ruled that all entrances...

May 01, 2018

Catholic pundit says hospital had 'imprisoned' Alfie Evans

In a swingeing attack on Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital, US-based Catholic commentator Matthew Archbold accused...

May 01, 2018

Cardinal George Pell to stand trial on sexual abuse charges

Australian magistrate Belinda Wallington ruled today that there was enough evidence to proceed with a...

April 2018

April 29, 2018

Hondurans ask 'who will rid us of these Catholic scoundrels?'

The priests pictured above are Auxiliary Bishop Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, left, and Cardinal Oscar...

April 28, 2018

Bishop blasted by Scottish secularists over BBC complaint

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Paisley, John Keenan, above, was accused yesterday by the Scottish...

April 20, 2018

Christian Legal Centre & Pope involved in Alfie Evans case

Tom Evans and Kate James, above, the parents of a boy on a life support...

April 19, 2018

Irreligious Britain is entering a 'frightening new Dark Age'

Bishop Philip Egan of the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth – pictured above with a glum...

April 15, 2018

BBC homophobia video blasted for being offensive to Catholics

A video entitled 'This is how homophobia feels in 2018, has been bashed by the...

April 15, 2018

Catholics insists that women's protection treaty is 'ungodly'

The Croatian Government voted on Friday to ratify the Council of Europe’s Convention on preventing...

April 06, 2018

China v Vatican: official says 'no religion is above the state'

A ban on the sale of Bibles to China via online distributors such as Amazon...

April 05, 2018

'Crazy' atheist and the Pope are 'in love' says columnist

Well-known Italian columnist, Father Mauro Leonardi, this week tried to explain how the Pope Francis...

April 02, 2018

Good Friday pub openings generate £35-million in Ireland

On Friday, for the first time in 90 years, pubs in Ireland were allowed to...

March 2018

March 31, 2018

Hell: real or fake?

Barry has already reported on the recurring story of “the pope says there is no...

March 29, 2018

Vatican distances itself from Pope's 'no Hell' quotation

Veteran Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari, 93, left, has again claimed that Pope Francis does not...

March 27, 2018

Catholic school receives lawyer's letter over gay event

Declan Meehan, above, Deputy director of Cara-Friend, an LGBT-support organisation based in Belfast, has hit...

March 23, 2018

Catholic bishop and several cohorts arrested for theft

Bishop José Ronaldo Ribeiro, above, has been arrested in Brazil. He and several Catholic other...

March 21, 2018

The Catholic Church needs fresh blood if it is to survive

The woman pictured above is American Catholic Katie Prejean McGrady and right now she is...

March 19, 2018

Polish theologian rebuked for wishing for Pope's death

Polish theologian Msgr Edward Staniek, above, is receiving backlash for his homily last month in which...

March 17, 2018

Faith-based probation order led to teenager's abuse by priest

After a 17-year-old Michigan teen had been ordered by a court to complete community service...

March 17, 2018

'Historic' judgment sees priest jailed in Mexico for 63 years

Legal history was made in Mexico this week when Carlos López Valdez, above, became the...

March 09, 2018

Militant pro-lifers are lunatics, says senior Catholic priest

Monsignor John Devine, OBE, stands accused of distorting Catholic teaching on abortion and of lying by...

March 06, 2018

Will the Tories please throw the Catholic Church under a bus

Last September the Catholic Herald's Andrew Cusack argued that Catholic voters were of immense value...

March 05, 2018

N Ireland priest resigns over association with a paedophile

Dr John McAreavey, Catholic Bishop of Dromore, above, has resigned 'with immediate'' effect after it...

March 05, 2018

Top Vatican Bank man to stand trial over €50-m property scam

Angelo Caloia, 78, above – a former President of the Vatican Bank – is to...

February 2018

February 27, 2018

Unlike Catholics, Jews have no concept of what the 'truth' is

Henryk Zielinski, above, Editor-in-Chief of the Polish Catholic weekly Idziemy, caused outrage at the weekend...

February 23, 2018

Vatican judge guilty of sex abuse & child porn possession

Monsignor Pietro Amenta, centre, a former judge of the Roman Rota, the Vatican’s highest appellate...