Catholic News

Pope Francis meets privately with Poland's bishops

The Pope made 'beautiful' appeal to bishops to ensure the elderly were not forgotten at World Youth Day

Jonathan Luxmoore

Former Catholic Herald editor Gerard Noel dies aged 89

He was the only person ever to have edited the publication twice

Catholics praised for coming to the aid of slaves held at sea

The Catholic Church has been commended by a US official over its response to caring for the needs of fishermen kept as slaves

Cologne cathedral hires lawyer to stop Pokemon players

The latest gaming craze is proving an annoyance at the German Cathedral

Associated Press

Pope Francis: 'The world is at war, but it is not a war of religions'

The Pope spoke to reporters on his flight to Poland for World Youth Day

Stoicism and Sacrifice: the call of a parish priest

Fr Jacques Hamel was one of the legions of humble and unassuming parish priests who offer their whole lives to Christ

Francis Phillips

There is a solution to the Islamist threat to Europe

And it can be found inside the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur in Paris

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

'Do not think holiness is not for us': a profile of Fr Jacques Hamel

Fr Hamel told his parishioners to aim for sanctity, pointing to the example of the Martin family

WYD 2016: 'Spread message of divine mercy,' Kraków cardinal says at opening Mass

St John Paul II's former secretary preached to more than 200,000 pilgrims on Tuesday

Catholic News Service

WYD 2016: After hearing of Fr Hamel's death, a sense of defiance flowed through our hearts

At World Youth Day, young Catholics will use the weapons of prayer and brotherhood to defy terrorists