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

THE 100 days of deranged frenzy that saw more than half a million people murdered in Rwanda in 1994 is

Speaking to 110 bishops ordained over the past year, Pope Benedict reiterated their role as teachers of the faith in

Spreaking to 110 bishops ordained over the past year, Pope Benedict reiterated their role as teachers of the faith in

The first World Synod of Bishops of Pope Benedict’s pontificate is likely to provide the faithful with markers towards the