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Knights do battle over Order of Malta

The Order faces a difficult internal struggle as the proponents of 'modernisation' contend with fierce opposition

Vatican archbishop: I do not agree with the title 'Pope Emeritus'

The President of the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelisation said the title creates more theological problems than it solves

It's 1978 all over again

Time magazine reporting of 1978 now looks both quaint and prescient. Then, as now, everything hangs on the choice of the next pope

Damian Thompson

Vatican and Burma establish full diplomatic relations

The announcement came after Aung San Suu Kyi met with Pope Francis on Thursday

Ever closer union

on the evening of his first day in cairo, pope francis placed his hand on the glass covering a blood-splattered wall in the coptic church of...

The Catholic Herald

The big story of the past seven days

✣   papal visit to egypt hailed as a triumph what happened? pope francis made what has been widely seen as a successful visit to egypt ...

The best of the blogosphere

✣ highlights from the week online francis, don’t do this deal with the sspx giving sspx clergy full regularised status in the church via sel...

First ever beatification to take place in Ireland

the first beatification ceremony to be held in ireland will take place in dublin next saturday. fr john sullivan, a jesuit famed for his dev...

Unmask violence in God’s name, urges Pope

pope francis urged religious leaders to “unmask the violence” masquerading as holy and condemn religiously inspired hatred as an idolatrous ...

Knights do battle over order’s soul

“when you come to a fork in the road,” yogi berra is said to have recommended, “take it.” that is more or less what the order of malta have ...