Police in some Salvadoran cities have already begun patrolling in an effort to prevent violence during Holy Week processions.

The congregation stay in their cars during Mass and hear Mass through their radios via closed-circuit transmission. (A PA system, they decided, would not help community relations.) Communion is ...

Churches are full of static Catholics SIR – Concerning the reported falling attendances in Church, I wonder if this may be a problem to do with training. Training may happen initially, but after ...

The Rector of Oscott seminary, Canon David Oakley, has been appointed the new Bishop of Northampton. Canon Oakley, 64, will be installed as the diocese’s thirteenth bishop on 19 March, the ...

The Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, took a strong stance against the push for same-sex marriage in his native Argentina, which nevertheless concluded with the approval ...

Cryptic answers to No 0613Across: 5 Ishmaelites, 8 Mahanaim, 9 Keys, 10 Ephesus, 12 Assir, 14 Bight, 16 Cyclone, 19 Zion, 20 Dartmoor, 22 Phoenicians. Down: 1 Ziba, 2 ...