The Vatican has reportedly "reconsidered" its instruction barring Fra’ Matthew Festing from attending the election of the new Grand Master of the Order of Malta.

Robbers have killed a Capuchin friar in Madagascar.

The Monks of Norcia will no longer live in the town centre, according to reports.

The Council of Cardinals remains committed to producing a “new Pastor Bonus", a Vatican spokesman has said.

John Allen, Massimo Faggioli, George Neumayr and Francis X Rocca preview the papal visit to Egypt.

Dawn Eden Goldstein defends the Pope's comparison of refugee centres to concentration camps.

And Elizabeth Scalia explains why Catholics are "always kissing things".

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