Catholic Church

Francis becomes first pope to visit Rome's Anglican church

Pope says Anglicans and Catholics must be 'always more liberated from our respective prejudices from the past'

Associated Press

Hundreds of Egyptian Christians flee city after attacks by Islamists

A priest says 1,000 Christians have fled, with some receiving threats on their mobile phones

Associated Press

Lessons from a New Age devotee who became a Catholic

The Church is engaged in a spiritual battle, says Roger Buck – and, in the West at least, it is losing

Francis Phillips

Bishops ask for world’s help to stop famine in South Sudan

The country's bishops have appealed for 'immediate and unconditional' intervention

Madeleine Teahan

Sorry, Fr Sosa, but we must take Jesus literally on marriage

The Church has been 'discerning' about Christ's teaching for two millennia. There is only one possible conclusion

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Morning Catholic must-reads: 24/02/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Jesus is severe with Christians who lead a double life, says Francis

Their lives cause scandal, the Pope said, and lead people to say 'it would be better to be an atheist'

Junno Arocho Esteves

Attacks on Congolese churches are an 'attempt to sabotage peace', says cardinal

Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo says churches are being 'deliberately targeted' by violence

Madeleine Teahan

Why Christians should embrace Philip Pullman

We have more in common with him than he might care to admit

An Ash Wednesday I’ll never forget

I decided there was no hell aged 12. Years later, I found myself transfixed by a plea for intercession by an agnostic

Matthew Walther