Pope Francis has said that Fr Jacques Hamel is a martyr at a Mass in his memory at the Vatican (full video).

Aid to the Church in need will offer seminarians scholarships in honour of Fr Hamel.

Only 14 per cent of American Catholics have a favourable view of Islam, according to a new poll.

Benedict XVI has revealed that he was dissatisfied with "the reasoning" of Humanae Vitae.

The Pope Emeritus's new book offers a "final deconstruction” of his old image, Archbishop Georg Gänswein has said.

Jeff Mirus says there's no "material heresy" in Pope Francis's comments on the correct interpretation of Amoris Laetitia.

And Mel Gibson has revealed the name of his planned sequel to The Passion of the Christ.

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