Holy See

Proposed synod on married priests ‘was voted down by Pope’s advisers’

The synod will instead focus on 'Young People, Faith, and Vocational Discernment'

We mothers of children with Down’s syndrome know something the experts never will

A child with Down's syndrome is a living human being, with the same longing to be loved as the rest of us

Francis Phillips

The big story of the past seven days

✣   papal visit draws small crowd what happened? there was a record low turnout for the closing papal mass in georgia. according to the...

Bishop: Adoration should start at primary school

bishop philip egan of portsmouth has said that schools should have regular periods of eucharistic adoration, contemplative prayer and lectio...

Trans people deserve our care, says Pope

pope francis has said that catholics who are homosexual, confused about their sexuality or convinced they were born in the wrong body deserv...

Resist the ‘global war’ on marriage, urges Pontiff

pope francis has said that a global war on marriage is underway and that catholics must help couples stay strong and provide pastoral care t...

Three cardinals back marriage appeal

six bishops, three of them cardinals, have signed a statement reaffirming the church’s teachings on marriage and morality. the declaration o...

In brief

world cup influenced benedict’s resignation mgr georg gänswein, aide to benedict xvi, has said the brazil world cup hastened the pope’s resi...

The boring word the Church must embrace

subsidiarity is a very dull word. which is a pity, because it describes a very important idea. it is, in fact, the approach of authority or ...

Quentin de la Bedoyere

The thrill of the Sopranos comes to the Vatican

the importance of location to great fiction has been emphasised again and again throughout the current golden age of television. hbo’s run o...