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February 2018

February 21, 2018

Catholic charity in turmoil over a huge grant to dodgy hospital

The US-based Papal Foundation exists to 'to build the Church, educate and prepare leaders, and...

February 20, 2018

Pope's 'special envoy' blunder infuriates Scranton Catholics

There was uproar among Catholics in Scranton, Pennsylvania, when it was announced last week that...

February 18, 2018

Secularism is as great a threat to Christianity as terrorism

Former US House Speaker Newt Gingrich – a Catholic Republican – claimed last night that...

February 15, 2018

Planned Parenthood supporter wins Catholic school battle

Last week Kate Murray, a student at Sacred Heart Greenwich Girls' school in Connecticut, was...

February 13, 2018

Time running out for Australia's devoutly Catholic Deputy PM

Barnaby Joyce, Australia's staunchly Catholic Deputy Prime Minister, could be 'rolled out of office like...

February 12, 2018

Catholic school feels parents' wrath for sacking gay teacher

Shortly after teacher Jocelyn Morffi married Natasha Hass at the beginning of February, Miami's Sts...

February 05, 2018

Yoga may not send you to Hell, but it won't get you to Heaven

Matt Walsh, above, described here as 'a hipster Christian blogger' and 'basically an outright asshole',...

January 2018

January 29, 2018

A shortage of Irish exorcists has led to an upsurge of evil

Father Pat Collins, described as 'a renowned exorcist', has accused the Catholic Church of failing...

January 28, 2018

Ireland: anti-LGBT counselling services risk losing funding

Relationship and marriage services in Ireland risk losing state funding unless they adhere to a...

January 27, 2018

More Catholic schools needed to project children into heaven

Growing secularism in the US has led to an increasing number of Catholic schools closing,...

January 26, 2018

When it was announced by the Trump administration last year that Catholic Kansas Governor Sam...

January 24, 2018

Nun in tears over 'horrifying' abuse at Catholic orphanage

Sister Ellen Flynn, a nun in charge of a Catholic order, broke down in tears...

January 21, 2018

Clerical abuse: sour start to Pope's Chile visit ends in fury

After commiserating with abuse survivors in Chile, Pope Francis – to the astonishment and fury...

January 17, 2018

Abuse scandals put a damper on Pope's first visit to Chile

Pope Francis is in Chile – and the country is less than ecstatic about his...

January 14, 2018

Archbishop Anthony Apuron faces fresh abuse allegation

Catholic Church officials in Guam say they have notified the Vatican of a new sexual...

January 13, 2018

Two churches sack gay choir members – for being married

The men pictured above are two of three gay guys who are at the centre...

January 11, 2018

Police find child porn and drugs in an Illinois Catholic Church

Catholic priest Gerald R Hechenberger, associate pastor of the Holy Childhood Church and school in...

January 08, 2018

Did God send gulls to show his anger over homoerotic scene?

Following reports that Catholics were incensed over a 'homoerotic' Vatican nativity scene last December, right-wing...

January 07, 2018

Scottish farming is in a perilous state. Will Jesus Christ save it?

The Church of Scotland certainly believes so, for it has appointed its first 'Farming Minister',...

January 06, 2018

Philly priest jailed: Catholic 'morality' takes another hit

A Philadelphia judge expressed surprise this week that Catholic Church officials thought it was best...

January 01, 2018

'Astonishingly realistic' Jesus winds up in Muslim hands

Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi (Christ the Saviour of the World) sold in auction in...

December 2017

December 24, 2017

Vatican's Christmas display is too gay, say shocked observers

Banned by Facebook, but accepted by Twitter, a photograph of a section of the Vatican's...

December 12, 2017

Jailed for life: ex-priest who murdered a woman in 1960

It took 57 years for justice to catch up with John Bernard Feit, 85, who...

December 08, 2017

Catholic school sheltered child abusers, says former abbot

A former abbot at Downside Abbey in Somerset, Aidan Bellenger, above, claims that a school...

December 02, 2017

Kenya's 'true church' annoys mainstream Catholic leaders

Legio Maria members do many things that Catholics do, except they claim to do them...

December 01, 2017

Pastor: 'atheist billboard is slap in the face to people of faith'

Richard Mansfield, a senior pastor at the New Beginnings Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is...

November 2017

November 30, 2017

Jesus DID have two dads, so why the anger over this scene?

According to biblical mythology, Joseph wasn’t merely some human caretaker, he was Jesus’ human father....

November 30, 2017

Offensive to Christians: zealots destroy a Sydney mural

A mural described as 'a direct attack on Christians or anyone who believes in a...

November 27, 2017

Partial Sunday shopping ban displeases Polish Catholics

Last Friday Polish lawmakers voted to ban shopping on Sundays twice a month – but...

November 26, 2017

Holy Cow! Crucified bovine outrages Flemish Catholics.

A 'sodomite artist' named Tom Herck has outraged Catholics by placing a crucified cow in...