Holy See

Pope and Justin Welby to unveil joint mission

the pope and the archbishop of canterbury will send out 17 pairs of anglican and catholic bishops across the world next month to work togeth...

Priest who spent life battling Satan dies at 91

fr gabriele amorth, an italian pauline priest renowned for his work in dispelling demons, has died aged 91. fr amorth began his ministry as ...

Priest who survived gulag is beatified

a polish-born priest who was deported to soviet-ruled central asia and volunteered to stay on and minister to catholics has been beatified. ...

In brief

pope to meet families of terrorist victims pope francis is to meet families of victims of the nice terrorist attack at the vatican tomorrow....

Tug of war over Amoris

when pope francis published amoris laetitia five months ago, i predicted that the discussion of the document and its implications for cathol...

Annulment chaos in the Holy Land

pope francis has insisted that his annulment reforms are not a subversion of the church’s teaching against divorce. but in the middle east a...

Jill, Duchess of Hamilton

Mary Kenny: A perverse tribute to the miracle of life

there is justifiably much concern about the latest innovation in the “life sciences”, the biological sciences dealing with human life. the l...

Comments of the Week

catholic schools can heal britain’s divisions sir – you are right to welcome the government lifting the admissions cap on catholic schools a...

The Catholic Herald

Theatre: Biblical drama sinks to Up Pompeii! level

john wolfson’s the inn at lydda , at shakespeare’s globe theatre, is based on an incident recorded in the death of pilate, which can be foun...

Omnium Gatherum

in the holy church’s traditional calendar, this week on september 29 we celebrate the feast of st michael the archangel. in the newer calend...

Fr John Zuhlsdorf