Holy See

Pope Francis may not meet abuse survivors in Ireland, says archbishop

The Archbishop of Dublin said it would be 'great' if a meeting could be arranged but that 'time is very tight'

Pope Francis meets 60,000 altar servers from around the world

The Pope told the servers to aspire to become saints

Junno Arocho Esteves

How Newman fell in love with the Blessed Sacrament

The reservation of the Blessed Sacrament in Catholic churches impressed and moved Newman more than anything else

Pope accepts Cardinal McCarrick's resignation as cardinal

The Pope has ordered him to maintain a life of 'prayer and penance'

Man thanks Australian saint for miracle Parkinson's cure

Ricky Peterson's symptoms disappeared immediately after praying at the tomb of St Mary MacKillop

Catherine Sheehan

1,030 years after the Baptism of Rus', the Vatican is turning its back on Ukrainian Catholics

Pragmatism towards Russian Orthodoxy is beginning to look like appeasement

Fr Raymond de Souza

It is irresponsible for a Catholic publication to liken Salvini to Satan

Famiglia Cristiana's description of the Italian Interior Minister is an extraordinary personal attack

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

Is a Catholic mother’s place really in the home?

Why shouldn't Catholic motherhood be a career in itself?

Joanna Bullivant

Chapels desecrated, bishops assaulted: the attack on Nicaragua's Church

Nicaragua’s clergy are preaching peace. But President Ortega has accused them of plotting a coup

China is trying to bully me – but I won't be silenced

Threatening letters have been sent to my mother

Benedict Rogers