15+ hour, 7+ min ago  (287+ words) Canada's Parliament has passed Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, repealing a long-standing religious texts defence and prompting warnings from faith leaders that Christians citing scripture on sexual morality could face prosecution. On June 17, 2026, Canada's House of Commons voted down a…...

17+ hour, 24+ min ago  (436+ words) On June 16, 2026, responding to journalists outside his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV described mass "remigration" " the policy of large-scale returns of migrants to their countries of origin " as not seeming to him "the most Christian response", while…...

16+ hour, 51+ min ago  (453+ words) The Catholic Herald Same-sex couple sentenced over abuse and death of adopted baby Preston Davey Jamie Varley, 37, a former secondary school teacher, and his partner John Mc Gowan-Fazakerley, 32, a financial sales manager, have been convicted at Preston Crown Court of…...

1+ day, 36+ min ago  (1108+ words) The Catholic Herald We must move forward: Pope Leo and the SSPX impasse Tuesday evenings remarks by the Holy Father on the episcopal consecrations announced by the Society of St Pius X are the first time that we have heard…...

17+ hour, 1+ min ago  (262+ words) A leaked confidential letter and working schedule for Pope Leo XIV's extraordinary consistory of cardinals, set for June 26-27, 2026, with a concluding Mass on June 29, makes no mention of a dedicated discussion on "just war" theory, despite Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re's…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (646+ words) The Catholic Herald Can you be Catholic and a Democrat? Can you be Catholic and Democrat? Once again, this tired debate has reared its ugly head after a Democrat group called Catholics Vote Common Good launched a new campaign to…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (689+ words) The Pope has finally broken his personal silence on the issue of the Society of St Pius X, telling journalists on Tuesday that the Society's refusal of "several points of the Second Vatican Council" is the Vatican's breaking point. Since…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (236+ words) The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem has expressed concern over what it describes as the seizure of Church-owned land in the Silwan district of East Jerusalem following an Israeli operation carried out on June 15. In a statement issued today, the…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (654+ words) The Catholic Herald Chesterton and the crisis of Western civilisation There is a continuing debate back and forth across the Atlantic over whether the United States or Europe is wealthier. It is odd to watch, not because the arguments are…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (175+ words) The Catholic Herald Cardinal Camillo Ruini, influential figure in modern Italian Catholicism, dies at 95 Cardinal Camillo Ruini, one of the most influential figures in the Italian Church of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, has died in Rome at the age…...