Tombs encourage meditation on eternity. Nursing homes feel like groaning waystations to the grave. Which may be why so many will let the old people die.

The scandal of elected officials – such as President Biden – who take Communion yet promote views at odds with the Catholic Church must be countered, says Fr Gerald E Murray ...

California’s second lockdown, like its first, has been unusually severe. But in recent months, outdoor church services have been introduced in some parishes, thanks to the help of creative ...

In a major blow to Chinese Catholics, the Pope has indicated the Vatican’s secretive deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will be ...

While the decline of Christianity across the Western world, and especially in Europe, is well-documented, this does not give an entirely accurate picture of what is really going on. While Catholic ...

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Euthanasia is to be extended to primary school-age children in the Netherlands, the Dutch government has announced. Health Minister Ernst Kuipers said that children aged five to 12 years can ...

ROME – Five cardinals have submitted a new set of dubia, or doubts, to Pope Francis regarding his Synod of Bishops on synodality which opens on Wednesday, focusing on women’s ordination, the ...

A mother of a disabled boy is asking the Canadian government to extend euthanasia to children so a lethal injection might be given to her son. Karie-Lyn Pelletier, from L’Islet, says she wants ...

India’s most senior cardinal has defended Fiducia Supplicans - the controversial new Vatican text approving non-liturgical blessings for same-sex unions - as a rebellion by bishops against the ...

Islamic militants in Nigeria have killed almost 55,000 Christians in the last 14 years, a new report has said.

Areas of Catholic Herald business are still recovering post-pandemic. However, we are reaching out to the Catholic community and readership, that has been so loyal to the Catholic Herald.