Pope Francis

Clash of the Prefects: An Olympian struggle between two opposed theological visions

clash of the titans is a nearly 50-year-old fantasy action film based on ancient greek mythology. since 2013, quite a few catholics have rep...

Divine cameos at the Venice Film Festival

frank mannion seeks out god at an excellent 80th edition of the festival. the catholic church has long played a leading role at the venice f...

Pope Francis to new cardinals on future of Church: 'Mutual listening is essential'

rome – pope francis told the 21 new cardinals he created on saturday, who come from all over the world, that their diversity is a gift which...

JK Huysmans’ final book is a compelling exploration of monastic liturgy

melanie mcdonagh reflects upon benedictine blues. it’s hard now to convey the importance of the novelist jk huysmans for the french literary...

Melanie McDonagh

Vatican's China diplomacy is working, says Hong Kong cardinal-designate

rome – cardinal-designate stephen chow of hong kong, who will receive his red hat from pope francis tomorrow, has voiced his belief that the...

Pope Francis confesses to bullying fat kid so badly his father made him apologise

rome - pope francis has criticised the practice of so-called “fat shaming” or “body shaming”  - and admitted that he once bullied a boy...

The Catholic Herald

St Angela of Foligno: a teacher of theologians

michael hahn reflects on the message of st angela of foligno, ten years on from her canonisation . ten years ago this month, on 9 october 20...

Lawyer in ‘trial of the century’ claims defendants treated Vatican bank ‘like a cash machine’

rome – a panel of vatican judges overseeing the trial of ten defendants for extortion and other financial crimes, dubbed the vatican's "tria...

Rome prepares for pre-synod frenzy with packed schedule starting this week

rome – the synod of bishops on synodality is this autumn’s catholic equivalent of the american super bowl. as a result, the next few days ar...

Are Pope Francis, the Synod, and Simone Weil inhabiting parallel worlds?

anna rowlands reflects on the synodal process and examines the shared values of pope francis and the french philosopher simone weil. fo...