Catholic Church

'Go out into the world,' Pope tells priests at St John Paul II shrine

Francis celebrated Mass at a shrine dedicated to his Polish predecessor

Associated Press

Full text: Pope's homily at St John Paul II shrine

Pope Francis celebrated Mass for priests and religious at the Sanctuary of St John Paul II in Kraków

Pope visits sites tied to Polish saints in Kraków

Francis is also visiting the Sanctuary of St John Paul II, near the Lagiewniki shrine

Associated Press

Is WYD all about shouting and cheering? That depends on who you are with

It’s no doubt possible to pass through the WYD experience at a fairly superficial level

Brother Conor McDonough

Pope: 'In welcoming the outcast, our credibility as Christians is at stake'

Holy Father urges youth to follow Jesus's Way of the Cross through works of mercy

Junno Arocho Esteves

Anglican Centre proposed for Santiago de Compostela

One of the world's most popular pilgrimage sites is planning a new centre for Anglicans

WYD bureaucracy is Kafka meets Enid Blyton - but I ended up being thankful for it

Even the unbearable humidity, crammed public transport and papal mistranslations couldn't detract from the joy of World Youth Day

Brother Conor McDonough

The new Syro-Malabar cathedral shows the north-west can still be a Catholic powerhouse

Groups like the Syro-Malabar Catholics and the Institute of Christ the King are filling previously empty churches

Stephen Bullivant

Pope creates new eparchy in Preston for Syro-Malabar Catholics

The number of Syro-Malabar Catholics in England, Scotland and Wales has risen to nearly 40,000

The Pope's comments on Fr Hamel's murder were very mysterious

Does the Holy Father believe that ISIS is really a front for something else?

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith