By The Catholic Herald War in Gaza has become a “way of life,” says a Franciscan priest in the Holy Land. “The Holy Land has...
Vatican Politics: Pope Francis Reveals He Was Used In ‘Manoeuvre’ During 2005 Conclave To Prevent Pope Benedict’s Election
Pope Francis has said that he was used in an “manoeuvre” to block the election of the future Benedict XVI during the 2005 conclave, but...
Pope Francis Issues Lengthy Marching Orders To Catholic Priests During Holy Thursday Mass
Pope Francis urged his priests Thursday to avoid “clerical hypocrisy” and treat their flocks with mercy as he delivered a lengthy set of marching orders...
Hardship: Palliatives Not Reaching Nigerians, Subsidize Food Items Catholic Church Tells FG
The Catholic Church in Nigeria on Wednesday tasked the Federal Government to subsidize food items and stop giving palliatives to a few individuals for selfish...
Controversial U.S. Conservative Catholic Website – Church Militant – To Close Following Defamation Settlement Of $.5million
The controversial and lately increasingly embattled Catholic media outlet Church Militant is shutting down in April after settling its latest defamation lawsuit with a $500,000 payment. It follows another defamation lawsuit that...
Catholic Priest Sent To Jail For Raping, Impregnating 17-year-old Girl in Anambra State
An Awka Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court of Anambra State, has remanded a Catholic Priest, Reverend Father Nwaigwe Stephen to the Nigerian Correctional Centre,...
In Support For LGBTQ+, Vatican Says Its Permissible For Transgender People To Be Baptized Catholic, Serve As Godparents
In a veiled support for LGBTQ+, transgender people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican’s...
By Ike Abonyi As a Catholic Christian, I am always uneasy when matters of the church’s concern are thrown into the court of public opinion....
U.S. Slavery: $27 Million Reparations To Be Paid To Descendants Of 272 Enslaved Black People Sold By Catholic Jesuits To Fund Georgetown University
Georgetown University and the Jesuits have pledged $27 million in money and land donations to the descendants of 19th-century enslaved people who were sold to...