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Pope Francis: 'Prayer brings hope in most troubling times'

At his weekly general audience, Pope Francis reflected upon the importance and power of prayer

Pope demands protection for migrants following latest deadly shipwreck

Italy's coastguard said only four people survived the sinking of a migrant ship carrying 100 people off the Libyan coast

Associated Press

Missing priest is found dead in Mexico

Fr Joaquin Hernandez Sifuentes 'looked for perfection in everything he did', his diocese said

Associated Press

McDonald's near Vatican to give free meals to the poor

Volunteers to distribute a specially prepared menu including a double cheeseburger

Junno Arocho Esteves

Ousted Knights of Malta official takes his case to court

Albrecht von Boeselager has filed an appeal against his suspension with an internal tribunal

Associated Press

Pictures of the week

1 prince charles meets archbishop george stack on a visit to the new cornerstone building project at st david’s cathedral, cardiff. the cath...

The Catholic Herald

Will Heaven: Our Machiavellian PM

what sort of person is our prime minister? it’s weirdly difficult to answer, despite the fact that theresa may was home secretary for six ye...

Will Heaven

Pictures of the week

1 students at st bede’s catholic college in bristol have been chosen to take part in the bristol scholars scheme, designed to get local pupi...

The Catholic Herald

Martyrs under communist regime in Laos beatified

17 martyrs of different nationalities died at communist hands from 1954 to 1970

Catholic News Service

President Obama signs religious freedom bill

The bill will attempt to help the US administration combat a worldwide escalation in persecution of religious minorities

Catholic News Service

What Newman really stood for

i wrote the book newman on vatican ii for two reasons. first, i hoped to settle once and for all the question that always hangs around newma...

Fr Ian Ker

Saint of the week: Pope Gregory III

against iconoclasm st gregory iii was elected pope by acclamation in 731, during the funeral procession of his predecessor, because of his r...

Staff Reporter

What Newman really stood for

It cannot be long before Cardinal Newman is not only canonised but becomes a Doctor of the Church – so it’s important we understand his theology

Fr Ian Ker

The big story of the past seven days

✣   persecuted bishops barred from britain what happened? three archbishops from iraq and syria were re¬fused entry into britain. they ...

Staff writers

The long struggle over bishops

at stake in the current negotiations between china and the holy see is the question of control over the local church, which essentially boil...

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Vatican commission launches child protection website

The site includes local guidelines on preventing sexual abuse

Catholic News Service

Never mind the Twitter spats - Fr Spadaro just said something truly eye-opening

The controversies about screenshots and anonymous accounts have obscured Fr Spadaro's startling remarks about Communion

Dan Hitchens

Archbishops from Syria and Iraq blocked from visiting the UK

The bishops were refused entry due to fears that they might not return home

Madeleine Teahan

A necessary apology

the rwandan genocide took place in 1994, more than two decades ago. some 800,000 tutsi and moderate hutu were murdered by hutu extremists. l...

The Catholic Herald

Melanie Mcdonagh: Why did Jesus praise the poor?

you know, when our lord called money “that tainted thing” (luke 16), i’m sure he was right, but not quite so sure that he took on board the ...

Melanie McDonagh

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