Publication: Catholic Herald
Bishop Seitz INFURIATED by Vance’s Claims the Church is Profiting from Mass Migration
An American bishop has hit out at the claims of U.S. Vice President JD Vance that the Catholic Church is actively supporting open borders because it profits financially from the ...
Catholic Charities NY Admits Federal Push to Catch Criminal Immigrants ‘Legitimate’
The head of Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of New York says that while the organisation is concerned for many immigrants, he also understands the government’s “legitimate attempt” to deal ...
JD Vance’s Words on Immigration Were a Dog Whistle to ‘Professional’ Catholics
Practically speaking, this debate comes down to the “Justice and Peace” wing of the Catholic Church which still has a large presence in diocesan chanceries and various departments of the ...
‘These Men Fear Nothing’: Filipino Bishops Criticised After New Data on Clerical Abuse
Catholic bishops in the Philippines have been accused of having a “deep sense of entitlement”, displaying unyielding arrogance when it comes to withholding information on abuse carried out by priests ...
The Next Moves In Chess Game Between Trump and Francis
President-elect Donald Trump and Pope Francis are leaders with such vastly different agendas and perspectives that it’s tempting to imagine the two men right now being involved in a high-stakes ...
Crisis in Jewish-Catholic Relations Continues at Vatican
Recently I declared that a mounting crisis in Jewish-Catholic relations was the most under-covered Vatican story of 2024. Early indications are that a similar claim won’t be likely in 2025, ...
Francis Cancels Bishop With Booming Vocations
Bishop Dominique Rey, who resigned on 7 January, had been bishop of the diocese since 2000 and was credited with fostering a significant number of vocations to the priesthood and ...
Pope Laicises Argentine Priest For Sexually Abusing Boys
Pope Francis removed Argentine Father Justo José Ilarraz of the Diocese of Santísima Concepción in Tucumán from the priesthood on Dec. 11, in a surprising gesture that brought solace to ...
Vatican Whistleblower Reveals Holy See Controlled by Gay and Left Wing Cliques
A union representing the Vatican’s lay employees has distanced itself from an anonymous interview in which a worker complained bitterly about a stranglehold of gay and left-wing cliques over the ...
Vatican Nativity Scene with Christ Child on Palestinian Keffiyeh Disappears
A Nativity scene displayed at the Vatican that depicted the infant Jesus resting upon a Palestinian keffiyeh has now been removed after causing significant controversy. When the scene was unveiled ...
Bishop Stowe Blasts US Bishops For Lack Of Response To Trump’s Election
In the month or so since former President Donald Trump was elected to occupy the White House for a second term, the majority of American bishops have either not commented ...
Fernández Considering New Canonical Crime of “Spiritual Abuse” – We Nominate Francis For Its First Application
The Vatican is establishing a study group to more clearly define the crime of “spiritual abuse” in Church law. It follows a swath of scandals involving founders of religious orders ...
Archbishop Fisher: Catholic Faith Cannot Be ‘Reinvented’ By Synod On Synodality
Archbishop Anthony Fisher has addressed the issue of the ongoing Synod on Synodality and spoken to its inherent limitations when it comes to “the deposit of faith” and the “apostolic ...
The Telling Outcome of the Latest Round of Red-Hat Roulette
The Holy Father has done it again: 21 new prelates of his liking to be made cardinals on 8 December. By this stage of the Francis papacy the list comes ...
Homosexualist Timothy Radcliffe Gets a Red Hat
Pope Francis on Sunday announced a consistory in December for the creation of 21 new cardinals from all over the world, representing yet again the pope’s love of the peripheries ...
‘Is the Pope a Catholic?’ The Rhetorical Question That’s Losing Axiomatic Power
“Is the Pope a Catholic?” is old and well-used rhetorical repartee. It doesn’t require and answer. Or it didn’t until recently. After Pope’s Francis recent remarks about inter-religious dialogue in ...
Francis Claims Rejecting Migrants Equivalent to Abortion
Pope Francis during his in-flight press conference returning from Singapore to Rome said American Catholics torn on how to vote in the upcoming presidential election due to the Church’s pro-life ...
Francis Claims All Faiths Lead to God
Pope Francis on Friday wrapped up a three-day visit to Singapore by declaring that “all religions are a path to God”. “They are like different languages in order to arrive ...
Outrage as Vatican Drops ‘Before Christ’ for ‘Before Common Era’
Catholics have accused the Vatican of betraying Jesus by substituting the term “Before Christ” with “Before Common Era” in official documentation. The traditional term BC was replaced by BCE in ...
Immigration: The Pope versus the General
Amid a spiraling Italian debate over immigration, two personalities increasingly are coming to symbolize the opposing positions. In one corner is Pope Francis, while in the other stands ex-General Roberto ...
Archbishop Viganò Says He Fears For His Life
The former Vatican envoy to the United States who was excommunicated earlier this summer has said his life is in danger. Speaking to veteran Vatican journalist Franca Giansoldati with Italian ...
