Vatican releases new norms on alleged supernatural phenomena
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith releases a document detailing new norms regarding cases of reported supernatural phenomena
Should we believe in miracles?
No dogma in the Catholic Church requires belief in miracles. Yet, they hold a significant place in the Bible, especially in the Gospels. Believing in miracles can awaken and
Pakistan’s sanitary workers risk life and limb for a pittance
Christians account for 80 percent of such workers despite making up less than two percent of population
What do the green shoots mean?
British newspapers carried articles warning that Catholicism in Britain faced “extinction” – literally zero people in the pews – by 2062. Two years later
Is democracy a Christian value?
The political form of representative government, commonly called democracy, antedates Christianity and has few, if any, religious connections.
Unity’s crowning moment
King Charles was crowned on May 6 last year. The story of how the new monarch and Supreme Governor of the Church of England was to process through Westminster Abbey behind a cross containing a relic of the True Cross gifted by the Pope can now be told.
Ethiopia and its life-giving water wells
Fr Filippo Perin, 52, is a missionary in Ethiopia’s Gambella region on the border with South Sudan
Why do we celebrate Saint Joseph the Worker on May 1?
Saint Joseph enjoys the rare privilege of being celebrated twice: on March 19 as the spouse of the Virgin Mary and patron of the Universal Church, and on May 1 as the patron saint of workers.
Who are our real faith companions?
I work and move within church circles and find that most of the people there are honest, committed, and for the most part radiate their faith positively
Faith at the storm’s edge: Catholicism in Orkney
It’s an old argument: is Catholicism properly indigenous to this country, or a relatively recent foreign import?
STORY: Green schools for children in Madagascar
The island country of Madagascar, off the southeastern coast of Africa, is deeply affected by the consequences of climate change. That’s why, the Diocese of Mananjary
Filipino student scribes fight for press freedom
Young journalists explore the potential of campus publications in one of the worst nations for the profession in the world











