Holy See

someone asked me yesterday, “what’s the best thing you see happening in the catholic church right now?” it’s a great question to be asked be...

C C Pecknold

the vatican newspaper, l'osservatore romano, named a new director and editorial board for its women's magazine, "women-church-world." the an...

Carol Glatz

a group of academics and priests have accused pope francis of committing the canonical crime of heresy. the group, which includes the promin...

Dan Hitchens

cardinal malcolm ranjith has accused sri lanka’s leaders of indulging in “blame games” after the easter sunday bombings. isis leader abu bak...

Luke Coppen

“the wounds of jesus are a treasure from which mercy comes,” pope francis said at yesterday's regina caeli ( full text , full video ). the p...

Luke Coppen

with a popularity rating of 59 per cent and his right-wing lega movement’s poll figures now double the vote it took in last year’s general e...

Andrew Cusack

dear father rutler, my family is mostly protestant, and they obviously don’t cross themselves before praying, say “debtors” instead of “tres...

Fr George Rutler

sent to proclaim the gospels by jim mcmanus cssr, redemptorist publications, 164pp, £12.99/$15 pope paul vi’s great encyclical on evangelisa...

Fr Denis Blackledge SJ

pope julius ii, the “warrior pope”, was the most successful – and fortunate – artistic patron of the high renaissance in rome. but we cannot...

Stephen Withnell

pete buttigieg, the democratic presidential candidate and flavour of the month, offers america “generational leadership” – and i’m finally o...

Tim Stanley