Holy See

No, Benedict XVI hasn’t been brainwashed

The Pope Emeritus stating there is no unpublished secret has only fuelled the Fatima rumour machine

The Catholic moment has arrived

After the Brexit vote, Britain's politicians are scrambling around for ideas. They should begin with Pope Leo XIII's masterpiece Rerum Novarum

Maurice Glasman

Ad orientem in the land of the martyrs

šiauliai, lithuania the hill of the crosses, near šiauliai in northern lithuania, is one of the most moving places of pilgrimage anywhere. f...

Fr Raymond de Souza

‘The Holy See was around before the EU existed’

ten years ago, the british embassy to the holy see seemed as if it was on its way out. the ambassador arrived in rome via ryanair with no on...

No, Benedict XVI hasn’t been brainwashed

when i was in rome at the end of may, benedict xvi issued an important statement in response to scurrilous material published on the interne...

The year of living mercifully

last summer, i saw a notice in the catholic press about pope francis’s desire to commission priests, possessing the approval of their bishop...

Mgr Charles M Mangan

The Catholic moment has arrived

it wasn’t very long ago that the european union was denounced as a “popish plot”. if only. true, the treaty of rome of 1957 marked the high ...

Maurice Glasman

In brief

venezuelans to ask the vatican for help venezuela’s president has agreed to accept mediation from the vatican after a plea from opposition l...

Neocats co-founder dies aged 85

pope francis has offered his condolences after the death of carmen hernández, the co-founder of the neocatechumenal way. the pope urged...

Pope deplores ISIS murder of French priest at Mass

pope francis has condemned the “absurd violence” in rouen, northern france, where a priest was killed at mass on tuesday by two armed men. f...