Catholic Church

Suspect in Cairo bombing was 'radicalised after police torture'

The suspect apparently belonged to a terrorist cell funded by exiled Muslim Brotherhood leaders
Associated Press

Pope Francis urges President Assad to end violence in Aleppo

The papal nuncio to Syria delivered a letter from the Pope calling for 'international humanitarian law to be fully respected'
Catholic News Service

Egypt's president says church attack was a suicide bombing

President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi identified the bomber as 22-year-old Mahmoud Shafiq Mohammed
Associated Press

Pope to Coptic patriarch: 'We are united in the blood of our martyrs'

Francis called Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros to express his condolences after the Cairo cathedral attack
Cindy Wooden

A fitting tribute to Our Lady of Guadalupe

Francis Phillips picks out her favourite books of 2016
Francis Phillips

Franciscan friars launch Catholic radio station

Radio Immaculata’s programming schedule is structured around the rosary
David V Barrett

The world needs politics of peace, says Pope

The Vatican has released the Pontiff's annual message for the World Day of Peace
Carol Glatz

Egypt mourns Christians killed in church bombing

The bomb went off during Sunday Mass at a chapel adjacent to St Mark's Cathedral
Associated Press

'Making Silence was like a pilgrimage,' says Martin Scorsese

The director gave interviews to Jesuit publications ahead of the release of his new film about missionary priests in 17th century Japan
Catholic News Service

Vatican nativity scene includes earthquake-damaged church spire

The spire from the St Benedict Basilica in Norcia, along with some rubble, has been placed next to the life-sized nativity scene
Catholic News Service