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Francis celebrates Mass for 1,000 prisoners

pope francis has celebrated a jubilee mass for prisoners and called on governments to consider granting some prisoners early release. at his...

Staff writers

Nuncio hails Pope’s ‘gesture of love’

cardinal-designate mario zenari, apostolic nuncio to syria, has said the pope’s decision to make him a cardinal was a “gesture of love” for ...

Staff writers

The world’s most dynamic Catholics?

when pope francis embarked on the first visit of a pontiff to asia since 1999, the choice of south korea, a relatively small country on the ...

Kirsteen Kim

The mystic who ranks alongside Chaucer

when i mention my fascination with julian of norwich to the many people who have never heard the name, their first response is usually: “who...

Janina Ramirez

Film: A convent tale of terror, chaos and new life

the innocents  (12a, 100 mins,  ★★★★ ) set mainly in a polish convent in 1945 and loosely based on a true story, the innocents is ...

Jenny McCartney

Exhibition: An overwhelming return to the Sixties

you say you want a revolution? records and rebels 1966-1970 is a hugely ambitious exhibition at the victoria & albert museum, aiming to ...

David V Barrett

Theatre: Declaring war on God and Mozart

peter shaffer’s amadeus at the national theatre is based on the legend that antonio salieri, composer to the court of emperor joseph ii of a...

Robert Tanitch

It’s Ronald Knox’s turn for a revival

ronald knox ed by francesca bugliani knox, pontifical institute of mediaeval studies, £48 mgr ronald knox (1888-1957) is finally getting the...

Gerard Russell

Word This Week

the 33rd sunday of the year mal 3:19-20; 1 thes 3:7-12; lk 21:5-19 (year c) ‘the lord comes, he comes to rule the earth. he will rule the wo...

Bishop David McGough

Pictures of the Week

1 cafod supporters take part a vigil for peace in syria outside the russian embassy in london. 2 flautist felix blake, a student at st ambro...

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Prize Crossword 0465

cryptic across 1 harry’s arrest is a choker for the clerical worker (3,6) 7 arrived from sodom, he visited first the royal court (7) 8 hamme...

Alun Evans

Medjugorje hotel manager jailed for extorting pilgrimage groups

Luca Cobre was found guilty of organised crime and sentenced to a year in prison

Associated Press

A Renaissance painter for the age of ISIS

Caravaggio is the perfect artist for our modern, divided era

Will Gore

New fencing keeps faithful from 'meeting in the middle' at border Mass

An annual Mass was forced to move to a new location due to the erection of fencing at a section of the border in New Mexico

Catholic News Service

Extend clemency to deserving inmates, says Pope

Pope Francis has said justice systems should work towards giving prisoners hope for the future

Junno Arocho Esteves

Faith at the centre of Mel Gibson's new film

Mel Gibson returns to the director's chair after a 10-year absence

Catholic News Service

Germany's football team to meet the Pope

The world champions will have a private audience during a 'team building' drive in Rome

Associated Press

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Madeleine Teahan

We all thirst for mercy, Pope tells religious leaders at the Vatican

Francis said religions were called to bear 'the merciful love of God to a wounded and needy humanity'

Cindy Wooden

The director of The Exorcist is right: diabolical possession goes beyond science

William Friedkin has reached the same conclusion as the late exorcist Fr Gabriele Amorth

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

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