Catholic Church

Mark Wahlberg planning biopic of ex-boxer who became a beloved priest

The actor is teaming up with director David O Russell on a screenplay about Fr Stuart Long's life

Vatican issues new rules for medical panel that judges miracles

Medical experts will no longer be paid in cash and a two-thirds majority will be required to approve miracles

Junno Arocho Esteves

Elizabeth I’s Muslim ties ‘held off a Catholic invasion’, says a New York Times piece. It’s a myth

Sixteenth-century England did have links with the Ottoman Empire. But let's not overstate their importance

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Pretending to be a saint 'sickens the soul', says Pope Francis

In a homily the Pope said people who seem perfect may actually be suffering from 'osteoporosis of the soul'

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Cardinal pleads for the life of kidnapped priest in Mexico

The kidnapping came just a day after two other clergymen were found murdered

Associated Press

Assisi has run its course. Something more daring is called for

Peaceful people gather to pray for peace – it won't sway those in favour of violence

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

University: a Catholic survival guide

It’s much easier than you think to keep the faith at a secular institution. But there’s one thing you must be prepared to do

China’s evil secret

A Miss World contestant is exposing a practice that the communist regime doesn’t want you to hear about

Benedict Rogers