Cardinal Vincent Nichols, who is the Archbishop of Westminster, has written to Queen Elizabeth II thanking her for her “steadfast insistence on the great importance of our Christian faith”. His letter was sent to celebrate the Queen becoming the longest reigning monarch in British history. Read more
Sister Mary Pellegrino, outgoing president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, says rather than focusing on dwindling numbers, women religious should focus on the communion they have with each other. She says just concentrating on dwindling numbers diminishes every vocation, the church and even God. The smaller numbers also “reflects our fears and our Read more
Because people don’t carry cash much these days, 40 Anglican churches in the UK are offering an alternative to collection plates: passing a hand-held payment device around the pews. Read more
On Monday, in a shock move, the Anglican Church in Christchurch announced that members of its Synod will this week consider three, not two, options regarding the future of their Cathedral. The third option is gifting the Cathedral to the Government “for the people of New Zealand”. Continue reading
Treating every word Pope Francis says as if it were official Church teaching would be to fall into an “idolatry of the papacy,” says Cardinal Raymond Burke. Burke, who is one of the “dubia cardinals” says Catholics seeking to remain true to Christ and the Church he founded must learn to discern between the “words Read more
According to a Secular Education Network (SEN) survey of state primary and intermediate schools, 37.7 per cent offer religious instruction. The survey received 1663 responses from a total of 1833 state primary and intermediate schools. The SEN website has a resource that shows which schools received the survey and which of them responded to it. Read more
The FBI raided a Catholic Worker house in Des Moines last week. They were searching for evidence linked to efforts to sabotage construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. Two women gave themselves up as being the controversial pipeline’s saboteurs last week. Read more
There hasn’t been any widespread anxiety among Guam residents, even after Pyongyang vowed to complete a plan to attack waters near the island by mid-August. The people of Guam are accustomed to threats from North Korea. On Sunday priests across the island prayed for peace and a “just resolution of differences.” Continue reading
Cardinal Pietro Parolin will visit Moscow at the end of August. The Vatican secretary of state’s diplomatic visit aims to formalise Pope Francis’s peacemaking efforts to President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church. Read more
Roger Tuivasa-Sheck admits his first year as skipper has been more challenging than expected and says his leadership skills are developing on the fly. Along with the close support of the club’s senior leadership group and coaching staff, he also looks for guidance from his church pastor and has recently taken to reading the books Read more