Europe

Will consistory decide next Pope, as Erdő, Tagle and Zuppi still front runners?

as saturday’s consistory gets under way, the first time many cardinals will meet may present the opportunity to decide francis’s successor o...
Staff Reporter

Erdő and Tagle: still in pole position to succeed Francis after Ouellet allegation

cardinal marc ouellet – a potential successor to the pope and a noted conservative from canada – may now be ruled out of the papal successio...
Staff Reporter

An African Pope – Cardinals Sarah and Turkson could beat Tagle

as rumours abound about the possible resignation of pope francis, the pope’s appointment of 16 new voting cardinals will further stack the o...
Staff Reporter

Why the Holy Father and Victor Orbán will forever be at odds

in september 2021, the holy father paid a visit to central europe. he spent three days in slovakia and a mere seven hours in hungary, giving...
Niall Gooch

Preaching to the unconverted

catholic spectacle and rome’s jews: early modern conversion and resistance emily michelson princeton university press, £30, 352 pages in 155...
Stefan Bauer

Seeing Spain's history through art

incomparable realms: spain during the golden age, 1500-1700 jeremy robbins reaktion books, £25, 464 pages spain’s golden age spanned the rei...
William Davage

An historical study worth waiting for

a biographical dictionary of english architecture, 1540-1640 mark girouard yale, £40, 372 pages mark girouard, born a catholic in 1937, is t...
Michael Hodges

The touching absurdity of beliefs

accidental gods: on men unwittingly turned divine anna della subin granta, £20, 462 pages in rudyard kipling’s short story the man who would...
Alexander Larman

Cardinal Parolin: has Francis’s ally dashed his chances of becoming Pope?

the battle for the next pope may be shaping up to be a contest between a filipino and a hungarian , but vatican secretary of state, pietro p...
The Catholic Herald

Cardinal Tagle in UK: was potential pope’s liberal message a sign for future?

filipino cardinal luis antonio tagle - fast-emerging as a frontrunner to succeed pope francis , as rumours grow about a looming papal resign...
The Catholic Herald