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St John Paul II 'asked aides if he should resign but was advised against it'

Officials and friends said that as the Holy Father he should carry on his mission until the end, his secretary has recalled

Associated Press

Papal almoner gives up flat for a Syrian refugee family

Archbishop Krajewski, who now sleeps in his office, said offering his flat 'doesn't cost me anything'

Meet the author who shows us how to fight Satan

Sonja Corbitt says we need to learn spiritual combat in our struggle against the Devil

Francis Phillips

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The war we’re not fighting against ISIS

Islamic extremists recruit their fighters with slick propaganda about Christian history. Exposing the lies should be part of our strategy

Why I’ll never doubt the Devil’s existence

The Devil is not a symbol, but a being, says Matthew Walther

Matthew Walther

A papal headache

few catholics outside nigeria will be familiar with the diocese of ahiara. but it has probably caused more heartache for the pope than any o...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣   francis presents ultimatum to nigerian priests what happened? pope francis has intervened in a dispute between the bishop of ahiara...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣ highlights from the week online disillusionment in the voting booth fr ed tomlinson found election day a gloomy experience. “i cannot reme...

Church ‘is being persecuted in Ireland’

the church in ireland is undergoing “persecution”, with people directing “anger” at clergy, bishops have said. speaking at a priest’s ordina...