NEXT week the Church will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the conclusion of one of the most consequential events in

The Catholic Church administers more than a quarter of the world’s non-governmental activities in response to the HIV/Aids pandemic. According

Readers may have noted with bemusement a detail in our report last week on the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito

A subtle shift in emphasis seems to have taken place in the Holy See’s approach to the question of Israel

When Pope John Paul II died on April 2, many observers of the Catholic Church identified key areas the new

Catholics in South Africa will have noted with shock revelations of sexual abuse by priests of minors. The coverage in

THIS month’s Synod of Bishops has shown in how many ways the Eucharist is at the centre of the Church’s