Luke Coppen
Luke Coppen is Europe editor of the Catholic News Agency. From 2004 to 2020, he edited the U.K'.s Catholic Herald. He is based in England.
Articles by Luke Coppen
Polish bishops’ leader: Vatican’s approach to Russia ‘naive and utopian’
May 24, 2022 / 09:27 amArchbishop Stanisław Gądecki made the remark after a May 17-20 visit to Ukraine.
Archbishop Cordileone bars Nancy Pelosi from Communion until she ends abortion support
May 20, 2022 / 14:03 pmArchbishop Cordileone said that the step was ‘purely pastoral, not political.’
What have popes and the Vatican said about Catholic politicians, abortion, and Holy Communion?
May 20, 2022 / 13:10 pmArchbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco cited papal teaching when explaining why he had instructed that Nancy Pelosi not be admitted to Communion.
Who was Titus Brandsma?
Mar 8, 2022 / 02:05 amPope Francis will canonize the World War II martyr in May.
Cardinal Nichols: Traditional rite confirmations no longer permitted
Jan 25, 2022 / 06:55 amThe Latin Mass Society urged the cardinal to reconsider his stance.
Unvaccinated Catholics asked not to attend Mass by English parish
Jan 6, 2022 / 05:00 amThe diocese said vaccination status should not be a “barrier” to attending Mass.
Ireland to follow France in offering free contraception to women under 25
Jan 4, 2022 / 12:00 pmThe move underlines the rapid social changes in Ireland in recent years.
English cardinal grateful to be honored by queen in annual New Year’s list
Jan 4, 2022 / 03:35 amCardinal Michael Fitzgerald received the award for interfaith work.
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church leaders want a uniform liturgy. Why are they facing resistance?
Dec 8, 2021 / 03:10 amPope Francis has intervened in the decades-long dispute.
Catholic priest guillotined by Nazis is beatified in Poland
Nov 20, 2021 / 04:05 amFr. Jan Macha was executed in 1942, after serving just 1,257 days as a priest.
As Catholic dioceses across the world embark on the synodal path, experts offer advice
Oct 15, 2021 / 03:00 amSupporters bill it as one of the most important Catholic events since Vatican II.
Prominent Anglican bishop received into Catholic Church
Oct 14, 2021 / 03:55 amBishop Michael Nazir-Ali has joined the personal ordinariate.
How does U.S. abortion law compare to those in European countries?
Oct 11, 2021 / 11:24 amThe United States is one of only seven countries that allow elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, and its abortion policy is generally more permissive than most European nations, a fact that Mississippi cites in its legal challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade abortion ruling that legalized abortion on-demand nationwide.
‘I fully understand Heidi’s cry’: Cardinal praises UK Down syndrome abortion law challenge at Red Mass
Oct 1, 2021 / 13:00 pmThe High Court rejected the landmark challenge on Sept. 23.
Cardinal Wyszynski and Mother Czacka beatified in Poland
Sep 12, 2021 / 07:00 amCardinal Marcello Semeraro said the new blesseds offered a ‘model of service.’
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Church of England bishop to be received into the Catholic Church
Sep 3, 2021 / 11:00 amThe Rt. Rev. Jonathan Goodall said he took the decision ‘after a long period of prayer.’
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Catholic bishop in Turkey: Jesus is drawing people to the Church in ‘unthinkable ways’
Jul 17, 2021 / 03:00 amBishop Paolo Bizzeti’s precessor as Apostolic Vicar of Anatolia was murdered.
Who is the nun who will be beatified with Cardinal Wyszynski, Poland’s ‘Primate of the Millennium’?
Jul 15, 2021 / 03:40 amMother Elżbieta Róża Czacka is little known outside of Poland.
The pandemic has hit Catholic parishes hard. It’s also taken a toll on priests
Jun 21, 2021 / 03:25 amPastors across England discuss the pandemic’s long-term impact on their parishes.
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‘It’s heady stuff’: A composer turns St. John Henry Newman’s much-loved words into music
Jun 9, 2021 / 04:00 amSir James MacMillan’s new work “Nothing in Vain” is inspired by a meditation by the English saint.