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Pope Francis to celebrate Mass in Sweden during Reformation commemorations

Pope Francis will extend his trip and celebrate Mass for Sweden's Catholics

Catholic News Service

A leap across the great divide

Thanks to astonishing ecumenical advances, Catholics can recognise – and even give thanks for – the witness of Martin Luther

Mgr Mark Langham

The great Tudor Bible myth

To this day many believe that the Catholic Church refused to give people the Bible and religious instruction in English

Dominic Selwood

The big story of the past seven days

✣   trump booed at catholic fundraiser what happened? republican presidential candidate donald trump was booed at an annual catholic ch...

The best of the Catholic blogosphere

✣   highlights from the week online a towering leader in an ‘age of giants’ on the feast day of st john paul ii last saturday, one cont...

Gay marriage cake ruling ‘stifles free speech’

gay rights campaigner peter tatchell has criticised a ruling against a christian bakery for refusing to bake a pro-gay marriage cake, saying...

Rosary shrine inaugurated in London

cardinal vincent nichols has inaugurated a new shrine dedicated to the rosary at the dominican church of our lady of the rosary and st domin...

Pope’s friend: critics of Francis love Putin

the opponents of pope francis have indirect links to vladimir putin, according to a writer who has been called the pope’s “favourite journal...

Rome ‘will recognise’ four Chinese bishops

a breakthrough may be near in the long-running dispute between the holy see and china over the ordination of bishops. according to reuters, ...

Are papal critics all Putin fans?

it was a bit like something out of a bad film about the cold war. in a la stampa article last week. andrea tornielli, dubbed by the financia...

Madeleine Teahan