Holy See

Pope invites 1,500 homeless for pizza after Mother Teresa's canonisation

The homeless people have been given seats of honour at the Mass

Associated Press

Mother Teresa: 'as gentle as a dove and as cunning as a snake'

A book, Prophetess of our Time, captures the saint's personality by speaking to two of her priest-friends

Francis Phillips

Will the Vatican's new dicastery stand up for the unborn?

The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development has easily the most political portfolio in the curia

Christianity without nostalgia

In my journey to the Catholic Church, I realised that liberal Christianity and religious cultural conservatism have a common flaw

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In brief

mother teresa booklet sent to surrey parishes a booklet about mother teresa will be distributed in all surrey parishes this weekend. mother ...

Boost for seminary whistleblowers

the trustees of ireland’s national seminary have agreed to bring in a policy to protect whistleblowers after serious allegations were made a...

Surprise jump in pupils taking Religious Studies

new figures show an increase in the number of pupils taking religious studies at both gcse and a level. entries to religious studies gcse ha...

Benedict XVI: I felt a duty to resign

benedict xvi has said in an interview that he felt a “duty” to resign from the papacy because of his declining health and the demands of pap...