Holy See

Luther wanted to renew the Church, says Pope

pope francis has told lutheran pilgrims from finland that martin luther’s intention 500 years ago “was to renew the church, not divide her”....

Friar: a sense of hope is growing in Aleppo

a franciscan friar who visited the syrian city of aleppo last week has said that the devastation there is beyond what people can imagine. fr...

Ex-Anglicans have been here before

last week a bishop offered the faithful some timely reassurance. bishop steven lopes leads the american branch of the ordinariate – a group ...

Fr Ed Tomlinson

The Maltese furore

the apostle paul brought the gospel to malta, and the maltese today arguably remain the most catholic people on the planet, despite plunging...

Orthodox Catholicism’s eastern outpost

of all the countries you might expect to take centre stage in the church’s internal drama, a muslim-majority former soviet republic with a m...

Spies, lies and the Catholic faith

last year the daily telegraph reported that a devout christian was rejected for a job at the government’s communications headquarters (gchq)...

When having a baby is dangerous

the honourable henry thynn was born on december 30, 2016. his father was lord weymouth, but lady weymouth, 30 years old, did not give birth....

Quentin de la Bedoyere

January 29 to February 4

cardinal nichols (westminster) tue-wed: joint catholic-anglican bishops’ meeting, the royal angus hotel, birmingham, 11.00am. thu: mass for ...

The Catholic Herald

Prize crossword 0475

cryptic across 1 joiner of clubs and writer, carter somehow gets about (9) 6 silence found on the edge of tundra wood (3) 9 girl, nancy, is ...

Francis isn't the first Pope to intervene in an Order's affairs. But papal power can go too far

Protestant and Orthodox Christians may well ask what this says about the institution of the papacy

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith