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Offer African youth access to sacred texts, Pope tells Vodafone
Pope Francis praised Vodafone's charitable work but encouraged the company to provide access to religious texts
Carol Glatz
Why it would be a tragedy to lose the daily Mass
The faithful who attend the daily Mass service are often the backbone of the congregation
Fr Matthew Pittam
Pope welcomes Auschwitz survivors to general audience
The Pontiff discussed his recent visit to Azerbaijan and Georgia at his weekly address
Catholic News Service
Pope urges journalists to always be motivated by 'strong sense of ethics'
In his prayer intentions for October, the Pope asks for prayers for journalists and World Mission Day
Staff Reporter
To understand why the Church battled Communism, just look at what happened to Russia
A dramatic narrative account of the Russian Revolution is appalling and riveting at the same time
Francis Phillips
The pill and the modern myth of progression
It has been many decades since the publication of Humanae Vitae, but it seems more prophetic than ever
Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith
Ecumenism’s empty seats
the papal visit to georgia has left us with a stark image of just how far off catholic-orthodox unity remains. last saturday, the holy fathe...
The Catholic Herald
The big story of the past seven days
✣ papal visit draws small crowd what happened? there was a record low turnout for the closing papal mass in georgia. according to the...
Staff writers
The best of the Catholic blogosphere
✣ highlights from the week online trying to find a francis effect has the pope failed? yes, suggests matthew schmitz in the new york ...
Staff writers
Leeds bishop to lower Confirmation age
the bishop of leeds has announced that his diocese will be lowering the age at which youngsters receive the sacrament of confirmation. in a ...
Staff writers
Bishop: Adoration should start at primary school
bishop philip egan of portsmouth has said that schools should have regular periods of eucharistic adoration, contemplative prayer and lectio...
Staff writers
Trans people deserve our care, says Pope
pope francis has said that catholics who are homosexual, confused about their sexuality or convinced they were born in the wrong body deserv...
Staff writers
Resist the ‘global war’ on marriage, urges Pontiff
pope francis has said that a global war on marriage is underway and that catholics must help couples stay strong and provide pastoral care t...
Staff writers
Three cardinals back marriage appeal
six bishops, three of them cardinals, have signed a statement reaffirming the church’s teachings on marriage and morality. the declaration o...
Staff writers
In brief
world cup influenced benedict’s resignation mgr georg gänswein, aide to benedict xvi, has said the brazil world cup hastened the pope’s resi...
Staff writers
The ‘weapon’ that broke Boko Haram
“the reason i’m sitting here before you,” bishop oliver doeme tells me mid-interview, “is the grace of god.” for a moment i think this is a ...
Dan Hitchens
Melissa Kite: How to ruin the fun at a party conference
over french cuisine in a very fancy birmingham restaurant, i got chatting with a former tory minister at a brexit dinner. i had been invited...
Melissa Kite
Decline and fall of the post-Christian elite
a recent poll has donald trump leading hillary clinton. handicapping this horse race is futile, given the volatile american electorate. but ...
R.R. Reno
Our quest to bring ISIS to justice
listening to karlus’s testimony was almost unbearable. when i had asked him how he felt about isis, he had looked at me with his kind, tired...
Alexandra Tompson
Priests must be seen to be believed
in poland, where i often work as a correspondent, it is routine to see priests and nuns in their cassocks and habits in the shops, queuing a...
Jonathan Luxmoore
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