Holy See

Armenia must have a special place in God's heart

Pope Francis is about to encounter one of the world's great Christian civilisations

Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith

The land where the Jesuits embraced modernity

Book review: American Jesuits and the World by John T McGreevy

Jonathan Wright

Is Orthodoxy unravelling?

After 50 years of preparation, the Pan-Orthodox Council has fallen apart at the last minute. Many are blaming Moscow, but that is far too simplistic

Pope withdraws ‘invalid marriage’ comments

pope francis has withdrawn a claim that most catholic marriages can be considered invalid because people do not understand that sacramental ...

Three dead in bombing aimed at Syrian Patriarch

three people were killed by a suicide bomber in an attack on a memorial service in north-east syria last sunday. patriarch ignatius aphrem i...

In brief

vatican settles nine more refugees in rome the vatican has brought a second group of syrian refugees to rome. the nine refugees, including t...

The Pope’s U-turn won’t end debate

last week, for the first time in his pontificate, pope francis retracted a comment. but in between the comment and the retraction, he a...

Morning Catholic must-reads: 23/06/16

A daily guide to what's happening in the Catholic Church

Year of Mercy: We need Catholics with ‘attitude’

recently, i visited a remarkable day centre in the south of england that cares for the homeless. it’s called the vine centre and it occupies...

Bishop Philip Egan

What’s good about the Reformation?

almost five centuries ago, on october 31, 1517, a german monk called martin luther reputedly nailed his ninety-five theses on the power and ...