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Papabile of the day: Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline emerges as a unifier with a global vision
each day between now and the may 7 conclave to elect a successor to pope francis, john allen is offering a profile of a different papa...
John L Allen
Controversy erupts as sanctioned cardinal attends pre-conclave meetings
rome – as cardinals meet in rome ahead of a conclave to elect the next pope, a peruvian cardinal accused of sexual abuse and whose ministry ...
Elise Allen
Brazil’s Indigenous peoples mourn Pope Francis: ‘a prophet who stood with us'
são paulo – among the social groups that have lamented pope francis’s death in brazil, the indigenous peoples seem to be especially impacted...
EduardoCamposLima
Cardinals pray at Pope Francis’s tomb as conclave preparations begin
rome – after attending pope francis’s funeral saturday and as they begin pre-conclave meetings to discuss the state of the world and the chu...
Elise Allen
Papabile of the day: Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa - the bridge-builder from Jerusalem
each day between now and the conclave to elect a successor to pope francis, on a date yet to be set, john allen is offering a profile of a d...
John L Allen
Judgement and identity: how we lost our grip on nature, liberty and the human person
judgement early in dostoyevsky’s masterpiece the devils, a meeting of “incredibly vain” and well-lubricated “new men” is recalled: “they tal...
Anthony McCarthy
Papabile of the day: Cardinal Ambongo offers blend of tradition and reform
when pope francis gave the green light for the dicastery for the doctrine of the faith to issue its controversial 2024 declaration fiducia s...
John L Allen
Parolin at Novemdiales: mercy Is Pope Francis’s enduring legacy
italian cardinal pietro parolin on sunday said the overwhelming love for pope francis must not be a flash of momentary emotion, but that his...
Elise Ann Allen
'More of the same': London's Catholics react to Pope's death and prepare for conclave
london is home to more than a million catholics – so where better than magnificent westminster cathedral to gauge the mood of the capital's ...
John Cookson
Trusting in the Risen Christ through the witness of others
on the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the jews, jesus came and ...
Fr David Howell
‘Papabile’ of the Day: Cardinal Péter Erdő
it is a matter of historical record that, years before the conclave of 2005 which elected cardinal joseph ratzinger as pope benedict xvi, a ...
John L Allen
Francis, ‘the people’s pope’, entombed in his favourite Roman basilica
in the final stage of his earthly journey, pope francis was entombed on saturday in the papal basilica of saint mary major, a sign of his de...
Elise Allen
Requiem for a Pope
william cash, former editor of the catholic herald , on pope francis’s funeral and legacy the sight of donald trump and his catholic first l...
William Cash
Trump and Zelensky have heart-to-heart inside the Vatican
images of president zelensky and donald trump having a private conversation at the funeral of pope francis have emerged. the relationship be...
Thomas Edwards
Cardinal Re’s homily remembers Pope Francis’s legacy
during his funeral mass, pope francis was remembered for his extraordinary legacy of service to those on life’s margins and praised for his ...
Elise Ann Allen
World leaders at Pope Francis’s funeral: who is there and where are they seated?
leaders from across the world have gathered in st peter's square to attend the funeral of pope francis. uk prime minister sir keir starmer i...
The Catholic Herald
Friends, Romans, countrymen: a papal funeral is more than the burial of a body
it might be thought to be stating the obvious, but before electing a new pope the church has to bury the last. the papal funeral is first of...
Fr James Bradley
The world leaders attending the Pope's funeral
rome – one of pope francis’s most consistent geopolitical priorities throughout his 12-year reign was peacemaking, most notably through his ...
Elise Allen
'Poor' to honour Francis at papal funeral
rome – tradition holds that during the anti-christian persecution of roman emperor valerian in 258, st lawrence, when given three days to ro...
Elise Allen
The media's selective understanding of a complexed pope
the death of pope francis leaves us with some very different narratives and perspectives of who he was and how we might assess his life and ...
Gavin Ashenden
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