Holy See

Ordinariate gains its first bishop

pope francis has named mgr steven lopes the first bishop of the ordinariate, which serves groups of former anglicans living in full communio...
Staff writers

Honour your martyrs, Francis tells Ugandans

pope francis has urged ugandans to honour their martyrs every day by caring for others. the pope made the appeal at a mass outside the ...
Staff writers

Pope asks Central Africans to 'lay down instruments of death'

put down the weapons of war and work for justice, pope francis has urged the people of the central african republic. “even when the pow...
Staff writers

The big story of the past seven days

✣  pope hails 'wisdom of the poor' in nairobi what happened? the pope denounced the conditions slum-dwellers had to live in during...
Staff writers

Mission abandoned

vatican ii was intended as a call to unity and evangelism, but its legacy has been an escalation of intra-catholic wars. it is time to embra...
George Weigel

Popes don’t always get what they want

the friends of francis are urging him to take a revolutionary step after the synod. but there are good reasons why he might reject their adv...
Fr Raymond de Souza

Francis: faith is being eroded in Germany

the church in germany has strong institutions that contribute much to society, but christianity is much bigger than its institutions, t...
Catholic Herald View

Mother Teresa may be canonised next year

the vatican has signalled that a space has been left in the year of mercy calendar in september for the possible canonisation of mother...
Catholic Herald View

Pope to war-torn nation: I want to bring hope

pope francis has sent video messages to the three african countries he is scheduled to visit this week. in his message for the central ...
Catholic Herald View

Prize crossword

cryptic across 5 dubious pact he made for a wife of constantine (6) 7 japanese city name a famous painter (6) 9 see officer commanding, sham...
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