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Vatican's investment manager backed company that 'misled investors'
the italian businessman responsible for investing millions of vatican funds owned a stake in an online options trading company fined in 2016...
Ed Condon/CNA
Morning Catholic must-reads: 11/12/19
cardinal luis antonio tagle has urged asian bishops’ conferences to “get our young people and women involved” ( edward pentin ). archbishop ...
Luke Coppen
The best spiritual books of 2019
around this time i am trying to decide which books i have read during the year that still reverberate in my memory in a special way. it is a...
Francis Phillips
Dorothy Day: A saint in the making
we are all interested in lives of the saints – those extraordinary men and women who show the rest of us what it really means (and costs) to...
Francis Phillips
Fr Paul Stenhouse MSC (1935-2019) – Catholic Editor Extraordinaire
father paul stenhouse msc, who died in sydney on november 19 at the age of 83, was the doyen of australian catholic editors. his reputation,...
Karl Schmude
How to have a prayerful Advent
st john henry newman did not temper christianity to suit his readers’ delicate sensibilities. i was reminded of this when reading a recent h...
Francis Phillips
Pope Francis to publish a book with reflections on St John Paul II
pope francis has co-authored a book of reflections on the life of st john paul ii to be published in italian. the book, entitled " st john p...
Howard Kiernan
Year of Mercy: Jesus led me away from crime
as we approach the year of mercy, i often reflect on how the biggest part of god’s heart is his mercy and how that same mercy has changed my...
John Pridmore
The African prodigy with an ‘awesome flow’
augustine by robin lane fox, allen lane, £25 in san gimignano on an april sunday in 1966, around the age of 20, robin lane fox was introduce...
Michael Duggan
Year of Mercy: We need Catholics with ‘attitude’
recently, i visited a remarkable day centre in the south of england that cares for the homeless. it’s called the vine centre and it occupies...
Bishop Philip Egan
Theatre: Brought to heel by a good pair of legs
for many people, the homecoming is harold pinter’s masterpiece. jamie lloyd celebrates the play’s 50th birthday at trafalgar studios with a ...
Robert Tanitch
Television: Doubt and despair from a junkie genius
i hate sharing good things with other people. i was into hannibal and arrested development long before anyone else was, and i felt a pang of...
Tim Stanley
Fine Arts: The Cornish artist who fell from the heavens
soaring flight: peter lanyon’s gliding paintings courtauld gallery, london, until january 17 panorama courtauld gallery, london, until janua...
Miguel Cullen
What Churchill knew about prisons
something interesting is going on in the criminal justice system that i suspect we’re going to hear more and more about. as part of what cou...
Will Heaven
What’s good about the Reformation?
almost five centuries ago, on october 31, 1517, a german monk called martin luther reputedly nailed his ninety-five theses on the power and ...
Ed West
Ordinariate gains its first bishop
pope francis has named mgr steven lopes the first bishop of the ordinariate, which serves groups of former anglicans living in full communio...
Staff writers
Francis urges families to ‘radiate God’s love’
pope francis called for kenya to support its families during his first public mass in africa. in his homily, francis urged the country to re...
Staff writers
Honour your martyrs, Francis tells Ugandans
pope francis has urged ugandans to honour their martyrs every day by caring for others. the pope made the appeal at a mass outside the ...
Staff writers
Pope asks Central Africans to 'lay down instruments of death'
put down the weapons of war and work for justice, pope francis has urged the people of the central african republic. “even when the pow...
Staff writers
Church welcomes abuse inquiry
the catholic church has welcomed the launch of an independent inquiry into child abuse in england and wales and has set up a council to...
Staff writers
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