Holy See

Bishops' committee chairmen applaud Trump's transgender directive

The bishops said such issues are best handled with care and compassion at the local level

Catholic News Service

Morning Catholic must-reads: 28/02/17

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Pope reduces sanctions against some paedophile priests

Fr Mauro Inzoli, a convicted abuser, appealed successfully to Pope Francis not to be laicised

Associated Press

It isn’t just Fr Sosa: some scholars have been undermining the Gospels for decades

Casting doubt on the words of Jesus leads to despair. Instead, we should trust in God's promises

Fr Thomas Petri OP

Pope Francis ‘helps SSPX in its plans for new headquarters in Rome’

Il Foglio newspaper says the Pope helped to speed up the purchase of a church and complex

Francis becomes first pope to visit Rome's Anglican church

Pope says Anglicans and Catholics must be 'always more liberated from our respective prejudices from the past'

Associated Press

Sorry, Fr Sosa, but we must take Jesus literally on marriage

The Church has been 'discerning' about Christ's teaching for two millennia. There is only one possible conclusion

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

First books of the Bible show God's love for humanity, says Francis

The Pope told Jewish scholars that the Torah showed 'paths of goodness [that we] must walk together'

Football, like life, requires thinking of others, Pope tells Villarreal team

Pope Francis met Villarreal ahead of their cup match in Rome

Associated Press

The papal almoner goes on a shopping spree in earthquake-hit central Italy

Mgr Konrad Krajewski will donate his shopping bags – filled with cheese and prosciutto – to soup kitchens in Rome

Associated Press